The winter rain, mixed with the cold wind, dripped, wet people's hair, and was cold to the bottom of people's hearts.

In this rain, Cheng Xiang squatted in the corner of the small alley behind an inn. Since becoming a criminal policeman, he has lost count of how many times he has squatted in the cold wind and drizzle when he solved the case. But this time it's completely different. Because, he was squatting in a small alley in a city in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty.

He crossed over, after a hostage rescue mission. The white light flashed, and when he woke up, he was already in the early years of Taizong of the Northern Song Dynasty.

He walked the streets excitedly and novelly, but, of course, the police uniform on his body could only be a "fancy dress" in this era, and with his short hair, he immediately attracted the attention of others. So, two catchers came towards him. Fortunately, he flashed quickly and slipped into the alley, so he dodged the pursuit of the fast catcher.

He hid in the alley until dark, and after the novelty of crossing had cooled, he knew that he had to change his clothes and find an errand.

It stands to reason that he should first find an errand and earn money, and then change into a period costume and cover his hair with a hat. However, he didn't dare to show up again, and after thinking about it, he could only "borrow" a piece of clothing first, and then return it to others when he earned money to buy clothes.

Of course, the target can't be the people, it's better to find a guy who is rich and unkind. Looking around for a target in the small alley, passing by the alley behind this inn, he saw this official in the window on the second floor.

He didn't know what kind of official it was. The official hat he wore on his head, which was different from that of other dynasties with two long wings, made him sure that this was an official of the imperial court.

This official may have just returned from outside, dressed in official clothes, circling around the room, sighing, and then sitting in front of the window alone to borrow wine to drown his sorrows. There was an old man who accompanied him before, and then the old man also went out, I don't know if he went to run errands or was driven away.

It seems that this is also an unlucky guy, forget it, Cheng Xiang thought, this official is already pitiful enough, and it is not good to steal his things. So, he squatted for a long time, and after finding that he was also quite unlucky, he finally stood up and continued to look for the target.

However, he wandered around the nearby alley for a long time, and did not meet a more suitable one, so he turned back again.

The alley behind the inn is secluded, and there are no people coming and going after dark. As soon as he returned, he was stunned by what he had seen. -- The official who borrowed wine to drown his sorrows hanged himself!

Although the window was closed, the light was on in the room, and his shadow was cast on the lattice, hanging straight, and a rope hung up from his neck.

He immediately flew up and grabbed the fence in the backyard of the inn and climbed over it. Passing through the backyard, he flew downstairs, his movements were as agile as a tanuki, and with the help of the window lattice on the first floor, he soon reached the window on the second floor, the window was only hidden, and when he opened it, he saw the official hanging from the beam with a belt.

He rolled over and went into the house, grabbed the official's feet and threw him up, withdrew his head from the belt hanging from the beam, and then put the man on the ground.

He touched Guan'er's neck, not only did he not have a pulse, but his hand was cold.

Corpse cold!

After death, the temperature of the corpse will drop quickly, especially when the ambient temperature is relatively low, it will drop faster, and now it is early winter, and the corpse will cool faster. The time between Cheng Xiang and back is only about an hour. When he said this, this official should have hanged himself as soon as he left.

The corpse has already appeared, which proves that he is dead, but he still checked the pupils of the official, and after squeezing and deforming, he cannot recover, and he is indeed dead.

Alas! What can't you think of, you want to commit suicide......

Wait, it can't be murdered, pretending to commit suicide, right?

Professional habits made this thought pop into his head.

Cheng Xiang checked the strangulation marks on the neck of the corpse, and the eight characters were not handed back, although the strangulation marks were relatively shallow, but they still met the characteristics of hanging suicide. Looking at the furnishings in the room, the tables, chairs and benches are all neat, the tables and bowls and wine utensils by the window are all in good condition, and there are no traces of struggle in the room.

There is no suicide note on the table or on the ground, and people who want to commit suicide usually leave a suicide note, let alone a literati. It's kind of weird.

Cheng Xiang glanced at this official, he was in his twenties, he was on a desperate road at such a young age, it seems that this official must have encountered something difficult that made him unable to live.

Cheng Xiang sighed, stood up, and saw a package at the head of the bed, so he wanted to find a casual clothes. I checked the door and it was already tethered. I opened the package, but it was a black and gold-painted box. Gently opened, there are ten silver ingots in the white flowers!

This official is so rich? He snorted sideways and glanced at the corpse of the official on the ground, could it be a corrupt official, who committed suicide in fear of crime because of the revelation of corruption and bribery? No, I heard that the emperor of the Song Dynasty had a rule not to kill scholars, and even if this official was corrupt and bribed, he would not die, so it should not be for this reason to commit suicide. There may be some other reason.

He found another package, which contained two sets of robes and casual clothes. It's old, but it's clean. He was a little puzzled, since this official was rich, why did he wear such an old robe? But it's also good, in the streets full of poor people, wearing this dress is not eye-catching.

He took a set of old clothes, but he didn't take the small box of silver. He's not a thief. In order to change the outfit to earn money, it is already a bit excessive to have to "borrow" a set of clothes and hats, how can you steal money?

He put his coat and hat on the edge of the bed and walked over to the corpse, where he hung it up as it was and left without a trace.

He picked up the corpse, and suddenly, he froze, - this official is so familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere!

He had just crossed over, and he didn't know anyone, so how could anyone look familiar?

Does it look like someone I knew before I crossed over? He quickly went through his acquaintance in his mind, and finally, it was fixed on a person's face. He was surprised to find that that person turned out to be himself!

This official who hanged himself looked very much like himself!

He stared blankly at the dead official's face, and a bold and exciting idea crept into his mind like a viper. - Since the two of them are similar in appearance, and no one else knows about this official who hanged himself, why didn't he pretend to be him?

I was struggling to survive in ancient times, and now, a great opportunity was in front of me. Instead of being a guy serving dishes and selling coolies, it is better to be an official. Being an official in the Song Dynasty was a good career. Because the Song Dynasty emphasized literature over military force, the status of civil officials was very high, and the treatment was also very good.

He was immediately excited by his own idea, pretending to be a member of the criminal group to infiltrate the inside to investigate the clues of the crime, he has also done it, and he still has experience, besides, it really can't be done, you can still slip away!

First of all, we have to find out the basic situation of this official. He turned all the official's belongings out, trying to find clues. But apart from a name, there is nothing else to prove identity.

He picked up the name and saw that the cover read: "Quan Zhi Yinling County Leng Yi Jinmu"

If this is the name of this official, then his name is Leng Yi, the magistrate of Yinling County. Well, the seven-pin sesame official, this official is good, the official is not big, so it is not easy to show the stuffing. Then I opened it and read it, and it was written, "I only wait for the prefect of Samba Prefecture to listen to the decree." I respectfully attach ten taels of silver. Mu En's late life Leng Yi paused. ”

It seems that this is a visit post from the prefect of the county named Leng Yi who is going to visit the prefect of Bazhou, and the post was not sent, or people refused to see him, so he came back and committed suicide. The gift list attached to the name certificate is only ten taels of silver. Cheng Xiang didn't know how much ten taels of silver were worth, but it should not be much.

After knowing that this official was a magistrate, he finally decided to take the risk of impersonating this magistrate. Mixed up in the Song Dynasty.

From now on, he will change his name to Leng Yi.

Now the question is, how to pretend?

Leng Yi took a closer look at this official again, his appearance was already very similar, and he didn't need to change anything, even the length of his beard was about the same. -- He has a long beard, perhaps because he is busy with work, or perhaps because he is lazy in the first place, he often forgets to shave, for which he is often criticized by his superiors, saying that he is not neat. He has talked to several girlfriends, and the last one broke up with him because of his sloppy life.

It's a good thing, and now you don't have to worry about your beard. Just this hair. I'm an inch, even if I'm wearing a hat, I can see it at a glance from my sideburns.;