——On the nineteenth day of the first month of the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu of the Great Zhou Dynasty——

After receiving a report that the eighth prince Li Xian was drunk and killed someone with a sword in the Qinglou, Xie An, Liang Qiuwu, Xun Zheng and others rushed to the scene of the crime within half an hour.

When he came to the scene of the crime, Xie An couldn't help but be frightened, coincidentally, this was one of the several Jijing entertainment venues he had been most nostalgic for, Baihualou.

may have thought of something with Xie An, Xiang Qing, one of the four generals of the Eastern Army, also had a strange expression, standing with Xie An in the doorstep of the Qinglou, looking around unnaturally.

After a short time, the old bustard led everyone to the [spring] wing room on the second floor, and as soon as she stepped into the house, Liang Qiuwu smelled a pungent smell of blood, and after just looking at the house, her eyebrows wrinkled deeply.

I saw that in the huge wing room, there were many women's corpses lying horizontally and vertically, and there were more than ten people, and the death was very miserable, and the blood was splashed all over the house, which was like hell on earth.

And around those corpses, squatting sat several sisters in their green buildings, pear blossoms with rain, lying on the corpses crying bitterly, looking sad.

"It's so ruthless......" Xiang Qing muttered with a strange expression.

Beside him, Xie An also nodded with affection, after all, many of the dead Qinglou women were acquaintances of him and Xiang Qing.

Once upon a time, these Yingying Yanyan also enthusiastically accompanied him Xie An and Xiang Qing to drink and have fun, Xie An even remembered the delicate bodies of these beautiful women, but he didn't want to be blushing and the fragrance dissipated.

Silently looking at a corpse at his feet, looking at her blood-covered arm, Xie An couldn't help but sigh.

Before the sigh fell, two cold snorts suddenly sounded next to him.

Xie An shrank his head when he heard this, and turned his head in a daze, only then did he realize. Liang Qiuwu and eldest grandson Xiangyu were already standing beside him at some point, looking at him coldly.

"Does Xie Shaoqing recognize the deceased?" The eyes of the eldest grandson Xiangyu flashed with a look called danger.

Xie An tugged the muscles on the side of his mouth, and was about to speak, but he heard Liang Qiuwu say lightly, "Most of them recognize, Xie Shaoqing is a frequent visitor here!" - Right? ”

Hearing this, the eldest grandson Xiangyu looked at Xie An with a smile and said lightly, "Giggles...... I really can't see it. Xie Shaoqing is still an amorous person......"

Seeing Liang Qiuwu and the eldest grandson Xiangyu, you squeezed yourself with a word, Xie Anxin smiled bitterly, and secretly complained that he was too troublesome.

Xie An, Xie An, with these two aunts and grandmothers present, what are you sighing for?

Just when Xie An was secretly thinking about how to deal with it. The weeping women in the room seemed to have heard the conversation between Liang Qiuwu and the eldest grandson Xiangyu and the second daughter, and raised their heads in surprise, but unexpectedly found the familiar Xie An next to the second daughter.

As if grasping a life-saving straw, the women quickly stood up, knelt down in front of Xie An crying, grabbed Xie An's arm, and said softly. "Gongzi Xie, several sisters and sisters suffered this disaster for no reason, for the sake of the sisters who served Gongzi Xie carefully before, Gongzi Xie will definitely catch the murderer for the sisters......"

"Serve carefully. Giggling ......" gritted her teeth and spit out four words, a thick smile appeared on the face of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, but those who were familiar with her knew that this meant that this woman was extremely angry.

beside her. Liang Qiuwu didn't say a word, staring coldly at the hands of the women who were holding Xie An's arms. With an inexplicable expression, he clenched the wolf slashing sword in his hand, which was more than eight feet long.

Good guys, these two aunts and grandmothers are going to run wild......

In his heart, Xie An hurriedly looked for help, but unfortunately, Xun Zheng was busy checking the corpse at the moment, while Xiang Qing was hiding far away, seeing Xie An's eyes, he shook his head again and again, and as for Fei Guo, Su Xin and other generals, they lowered their heads one by one, pretending not to see it.

Also, after all, these two in Xie An's family are not ordinary women, they are Jijing Shuangbi, [Yan Hu Ji] Liang Qiu Dance and [Lu Ji] eldest grandson Xiangyu, one is the best in martial arts, and the other is invincible in intelligence, who would be stupid enough to take the initiative to bear the anger of these two aunts?

No righteousness!

glaring at everyone fiercely, Xie An coughed, his expression was straight, he quietly put aside the hands of the women, and said righteously, "A few bitter sisters, rest assured, this official, as the secretary of the Acting Criminal Department and the Shaoqing of the Great Prison Temple, will definitely arrest the murderer!" ”

Let go, sisters, don't you see that Maidu is about to draw a knife? Her precious sword, but she will never return it without blood......

Muttering to himself in his heart, Xie An took the opportunity to look inside the house and quietly stayed away from those Qinglou women.

"The ...... of the Substitute Criminal Department"

"Shaoqing of the Great Prison Temple?" Even with the old bustard standing aside, the Qinglou women were dumbfounded.

They never expected that Xie An, a young boy who had spent a lot of money with them, would be such a prominent person.

Thinking of this, they were even happier in their hearts, after all, here, only Xie An and Xiang Qing were familiar faces and could help them find the murderer.

Probably unable to bear the fact that his husband was surrounded by these unclean Qinglou women, Liang Qiuwu frowned and stood up, blocking between Xie An and those Qinglou women, with a little displeasure, and said in a deep voice, "What's going on, can anyone say specifically?" ”

The Qinglou women were stunned, looked at Liang Qiuwu suspiciously for a long time, and then vaguely remembered that Liangqiuwu was the woman who had come here with a knife to find his husband.

glanced at Xie An, and then at Liang Qiu Wu, the women in the Qinglou who had vaguely guessed something, no longer dared to pester Xie An like Fang Cai, and said to Liang Qiu Wu in a crying voice, "Back to Mrs. Hui, the slave family is waiting for ......."

"What ma'am!" may have remembered that he had come to Qinglou to look for Xie An, Liang Qiu Wu said angrily, "I am the general of the Eastern Army, the general of the second rank of the tiger, Dongzhen waiting!" ”

"East ...... Dongzhen Hou? The old bustard and the women in the Qinglou were dumbfounded when they heard this, and then finally understood, it turned out that the one in front of them was one of the famous Jijing Shuangbi in Jijing, and the heroine admired by countless daughters, [Yanhu Ji] Liangqiu Dance.

Thinking of this, the women in the Qinglou showed a bit of longing in their eyes, and said respectfully. "Yes...... Back to Dongzhen, here's what happened...... Last night, around two o'clock, the slave family and others were accompanying the guests to eat and drink, and suddenly two distinguished guests came here, took out a hundred taels of gold, and chartered this building, so my mother led the two distinguished guests here, and asked the slave family and others to serve ...... "[mother] in her mouth. It refers to the bustard in this building.

As soon as the words fell, the old bustard standing on the side nodded again and again, and said, "Just because those two people are generous, the old slave is greedy for a while." So he asked all the famous daughters to serve together, but he didn't want to cause trouble, and killed these young daughters under the old slave's hands...... "The [daughter] in her mouth refers to the Qinglou woman who makes a living under her hands.

"Have you looked at the faces of the two of them?" Liang Qiuwu asked in a deep voice, "According to what you said when you waited for the official to report to the official, it was the Eighth Prince Li Xian who made the certificate...... It can be big or small. If things don't turn out as you say, you should know what a felony it is to slander the prince! ”

The old bustard looked terrified. nodded again and again and said, "The old slave understands, the old slave understands...... It's just that when the two were talking, one of them called the other the eighth prince. That's why ......"

Liang Qiuwu frowned slightly, thinking about how to confirm it. But he saw the eldest grandson Xiangyu not far away and said lightly, "Come here and take a look, but this person!" ”

It turned out that while Liang Qiuwu was questioning, the eldest grandson Xiangyu noticed that there were four treasures of the study room on the table on the wall of the house, so he took a pen and paper, and drew the appearance of the eighth prince Li Xian with a few strokes.

I have to say that the eldest grandson Xiangyu is worthy of being a master of this way, with superb painting skills, I saw Li Xian in the painting, lifelike, jumping on the paper.

Hearing this, the old bustard and the women in the Qinglou walked to the table, took a closer look, and then nodded again and again and said, "Exactly!" - This is the person! ”

"......" casually threw the pen in his hand aside, and the eldest grandson Xiangyu took out a champa from his arms and wiped his hands, and his eyebrows were slightly worried.

Suddenly, a woman in the Qinglou who was facing the door of the house changed her face greatly, raised her hand and pointed to the door of the house, and shouted in surprise, "It's him!" - He killed so many sisters! ”

Everyone in the room was shocked, and subconsciously turned their heads, but they were surprised to see that Ji Hong was standing in the door with a stunned face, looking at a loss.

"Me? You say you're killing someone? Ji Hong looked at a loss

He pointed to himself.

Seeing Ji Hong, the old bustard and the women in the Qinglou trembled in fright, retreated again and again, leaning against the root of the wall, and one of the women pointed at Ji Hong and sobbed and said, "Isn't it?" - Last night when you were drunk, a sister of the slave family kindly advised you not to drink too much, so as not to hurt your body, so you were furious, drew your sword and killed many sisters of the slave family, and the slave family escaped from the house, and you did not give up, and chased downstairs with a sword...... Pity the many innocent sisters downstairs, all of whom have been victimized by you thief! Speaking of this, she ran to Xie An in a few steps, fell to her knees with a thud, pulled Xie An's sleeves with both hands, and cried and begged, "Master Xie, Master Xie, you have to make decisions for me and other sisters!" ”

"......" Xie An opened his mouth and looked at the woman in the Qinglou inexplicably, in his opinion, looking at this woman's expression, it didn't look like a fake.

In other words, it was most likely that Jin Ling'er pretended to be Ji Hong and created this killing.

Good guy, this time Ji Hong jumped into the Yellow River and couldn't wash it off......

Xie An sighed slightly, although he knew that Ji Hong was wronged, but in front of these bitter masters in front of him, he didn't want to stand by, after thinking about it, he raised his hand to Ji Hong, and said hesitantly, "First...... Take! ”

"Yes!" Hearing this, Fei Guo and the others rushed up, subdued Ji Hong, removed his sword, and tied his hands behind his back.

Fortunately, Ji Hong is also a person who knows right from wrong, and he knows Xie An's difficulties, but he doesn't think that it is Xie An's personal vendetta, so he didn't resist, and let the crowd tie himself with ropes.

Also, after all, now that the matter of the eldest grandson Xiangyu has been successfully resolved, there is no fatal contradiction between Xie An and the eighth prince Li Xian, and even, for the sake of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, Xie An will most likely help them.

Seeing that Ji Hong was quite cooperative, Xie An nodded at him, signaled him to be calm, and then helped up the Qinglou woman in front of him, and said softly, "This sister is a stranger, I don't know what to call?" ”

"The slave family is called Yinghong......" The Qinglou woman looked in the direction of Ji Hong with palpitations and said softly.

"Oh, it turned out to be Sister Yinghong," Xie An chuckled, and stubbornly stood up against the cold gaze of Liang Qiuwu and the eldest grandson Xiangyu. smiled and said, "Sister Yinghong, look, the official has taken down the thief, sister rest assured...... Now the official has come to ask you, is he the one who killed with a sword last night? - Human life is at stake, my sister has to take a closer look! As he spoke, Xie An pointed at Ji Hong.

Glancing at Ji Hong, Yinghong's eyes showed endless fear. Nodding again and again, he said, "It's this person!" - Even if it turns to ashes, the slave family will recognize ......"

"That's ......" Xie An nodded and suddenly asked, "What ......about it?" This person was at the time of the murder. What is His Royal Highness Li Xian doing? ”

"His Royal Highness Li Xian?" Yinghong was stunned, and then realized that Xie An was referring to another guest, and hurriedly said, "Back to Gongzi Xie, that guest seems to be not drinking deeply, and after two glasses of wine, he is already drowsy......

As soon as the words fell. Over there, Ji Hong said in surprise, "This is impossible, although the amount of alcohol of His Royal Highness is not high, it will not be drunk after two glasses of wine......

Seeing Yinghong looking at Ji Hong, her face was frightened. Xie An knew that it was Ji Hong's sudden interjection that scared her, and raised his hand to signal Ji Hong not to interject first, and then continued to ask Yinghong, "Sister Yinghong." His Royal Highness Li Xian, is it true that you are drunk after two glasses of wine? ”

Yinghong nodded repeatedly.

Speaking of which. Xie Anxin had already thought of a rough idea.

Most of the time, Jin Ling'er, who pretended to be Ji Hong, secretly drugged in the wine, fascinated Li Xian, and then found an excuse to kill, blaming Li Xian and Ji Hong's master and servant for the murder, thanks to him, and no matter what Li Xian is, at least Ji Hong can't wash it by jumping into the Yellow River at the moment, although Ji Hong has been with Xie An and others at the time of the crime.

The only thing that puzzled Xie An was why Jin Ling'er would go against the norm and kill innocents indiscriminately?

You must know that Jin Ling'er, who has been a [sinner] since she was a child, has always been sympathetic to people who are also orphans, and for this reason, she couldn't help but kill Xie An several times, and the Hongchen women in this Baihua Building, although not all of them are orphans, but they are also hard-working red faces, it stands to reason that Jin Ling'er will not kill them to blame Li Xian and Ji Hong.

Sister Kim, what's wrong with you?

You never killed innocent people in the past......

What the hell is going on?

Thinking about the doubts in his heart for a long time, Xie An nodded and continued to ask, "This official has a general idea of this matter...... By the way, Sister Yinghong, does Sister Yinghong know where His Royal Highness Li Xian is right now? ”

Until now, Xie An could only find Li Xian as soon as possible and ask him about it in person.

When Yinghong heard this, she timidly raised her hand and pointed at Ji Hong, and said, "A sister saw that after this person committed the murder, she took the guest away, and she didn't know where to go...... Why didn't Gongzi Xie ask this thief? ”

Ask Ji Hong?

During the time when you were waiting to testify that he had committed murder, he was waiting with me in the Great Prison Temple......

With a bitter smile in his heart, Xie An nodded and said, "Okay, later, this official will definitely torture him and ask him what is going on!" - Sister Yinghong thinks about it again, there is nothing missing. ”

"Hmm," Yinghong thought for a while, shook her head and said, "The slave family knows everything and told Gongzi Xie......

"Okay," Xie An nodded with a smile, and said calmly, "In this way, the sisters are frightened, go back to rest first, and here, I will leave it to the official and the adults...... Oh, by the way, if the sisters think of something important, you can find whoever is here to tell me, okay? ”

The women of the Qinglou nodded, and seeing this, Xie An asked Su Xin to take the women of the Qinglou downstairs first.

As soon as the front foot of the Qinglou woman left, the eldest grandson Xiangyu walked to Xie An's side with her back foot, pinched a piece of soft meat on Xie An's waist with her jade fingers and twisted it fiercely, sneered and whispered, "Xie Shaoqing is really an amorous man, a sister on the left, a sister on the right, a sister on the right......"

Xie An almost exclaimed in pain, secretly looked at the face of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, knew that she was jealous, and hurriedly explained, "Misunderstanding, big misunderstanding, that's just a means to bring people closer to each other......"

"Closer? - Why don't you see Xie Shaoqing tightening the relationship between the means and the slave family? With the wisdom of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, how could he not have imagined that Xie An was a means of appeasement, after all, the woman was greatly frightened, but she deliberately misinterpreted Xie An's meaning.

Also, with her and Liang Qiu dancing next to her, Xie An called other women one by one, how could she bear it?

I have to say that Xie An really has a set of coaxing women, and when he saw this, he hurriedly said, "Xiangyu, you and Wu, do I still need to get closer?" The three of us are with whom, right? - Sister Xiangyu spares her life, and she looks at it......"

Hearing Xie An's words, especially when he heard that [Sister Xiangyu], the eldest grandson Xiangyu could be said to be overjoyed, let go of the right hand that was twisting the soft flesh on Xie An's waist, gently rubbed it for him, and said with a smile, "You know each other!" At this, she seemed to notice something, turned her head, and saw that everyone in the room was looking at them with strange expressions, and she rebuked angrily, "What do you see? - Not busy yet? It's a matter of human life! ”

Knowing that human life is at stake, you are still flirting here?

Muttering to himself in his heart, Xun Zheng and the others did not dare to slack off, and continued to examine the corpse.

And at this moment, only to hear a rush of footsteps, Yan Kai, one of the four generals of the Eastern Army, rushed upstairs wearing armor, hugged his fists and said to Liang Qiuwu and Xie An and others, "General, uncle, Miss Eldest Sun, His Royal Highness Li Xian has found ......"

Everyone in the room was shocked when they heard this, and Ji Hong said urgently, "Where is His Royal Highness?" ”

"This ......" glanced at Ji Hong, a somewhat complicated look appeared on Yan Kai's face, licked his lips and said, "...... in the Mansion of General Wen Dongwen, the Deputy Governor of the Jingshi Ranger."

"Wen Dong?" Ji Hong was stunned, his expression a little shocked.

As if seeing the difference in Yan Kai's expression, Liang Qiuwu frowned slightly, and asked in a tight voice, "Brother Yan, what must have happened?" ”

Yan Kai hesitated, nodded, and said in a low voice, "His Royal Highness Li Xian...... Drunk and killed General Wen Dongwen's family, his brother Wen Qin learned of this, angrily led 500 soldiers of the Northern Army, to kill His Royal Highness Li Xian to pay for his life, at present, Chen Gang is leading 300 brothers of the Eastern Army, and Lord Wen is deadlocked...... In short, something is wrong! ”

"......" Everyone in the room looked at each other.

"Lead the way!" After saying something in a deep voice, Xie An took off his official robe and took the lead out of the house.