"Master Zhang, do you dare to gamble with this official once?" Meng Yan smiled, his eyes level at Zhang Xuandao.

"Bet on what?" Zhang Xuan gritted his teeth, he didn't want to be looked down upon by Meng Yan, and he also wanted to prove to Wen Xiaoyu that her choice was wrong.

"Bet on the Bai Jiao clan and get the stolen goods!" Meng Yan Road.

"How do you bet on this?"

"Early tomorrow morning, Lord Zhang will personally take people to Baifu to search, as long as he finds anything that belongs to Su Xinzhai, he can directly arrest Jiao Lanrong!" Meng Yan Road.

"What if you can't find it?"

"If you can't find it, then even if the official loses, I owe you a favor?"

"A favor?"

"If Lord Zhang has any wishes, this official can help you realize them, how about it?" Meng Yan said, "Of course, except for the light rain!" ”

"Then it's a deal!" Zhang Xuan stared at Meng Yan and said heavily.

"A gentleman's word!"

"Husband, why are you here?" Wen Xiaoyu appeared at the door with a bowl of steaming rice porridge in his hand.

"I talked to Mr. Zhang about some official business, is this porridge for Mr. Zhang?" Meng Yan asked.

"This is for you, Master Zhang, and besides." Wen Xiaoyu said a little embarrassed.

"Oh, then give this bowl to Master Zhang first." Meng Yan smiled slightly.

"Oh, okay!" Wen Xiaoyu was stunned for a moment before nodding.

"No need, Master Meng, it's better for the lower officials to go to the kitchen and eat by themselves!" Zhang Xuan said loudly.

Go back to your room.

"Okay, Master Zhang, don't forget to go to the kitchen to eat. It's too cold to eat! Meng Yan was also humble, this bowl of porridge was originally his own.

"Husband, I boiled this bowl of porridge for you alone, and there are a lot of ingredients added to it, why did you ...... just now?"

"Hehe, you're opening a small stove alone, so you're not afraid that others will have opinions?" Meng Yan's heart was warm.

"I didn't use the public money, what are I afraid of?"

"Good wife, wait until I'm done with the porridge. Let's go home. By the way, you also drank this porridge, right? Meng Yan said with a smile.

"I've eaten, it's so cold, I've been running with you all afternoon. I've been hungry for a long time! Wen Xiaoyu was tired of saying in Meng Yan's arms. It's still warm here for you. ”

"Childe...... I didn't see anything! Lin Tianxing broke in without knocking on the door. Seeing Meng Yan drinking porridge with Wen Xiaoyu in his arms, he hurriedly turned his back.

"No rules, don't know how to knock?"

"Childe. The preliminary autopsy results of Ge Tong came out, and he asked me to bring them to you first. Lin Tianxing said with his back on his back.

"Take it!" Meng Yan let go and smelled the light rain and commanded.

The preliminary autopsy report is much more detailed than the simple on-site judgment in Su Xinzhai, and this guy named Ge Tong is still quite meticulous.

It turned out that he deduced that the woman's age was about 20 years old at the scene, and in the autopsy, he gave a specific number, about 16 years old.

and also deduced that this sixteen-year-old girl is not yet perfect, and the reasons are also written in detail, probably because he is afraid that he will not understand.

Of course, it is inferred from the woman's pubic bone, whether there is a scientific basis or not, Meng Yan can't say, after all, forensic medicine is a specialized discipline.

There is still a difference between doctors who deal with the dead every day and the living.

Because there were no traces of heavy blows with sharp weapons all over the body, and the bones were also preserved intact and not missing, Ge Tong deduced that the most likely cause of the deceased was suffocation!

If it was death by suffocation, then the grocery room was certainly not the first scene of the death of this female corpse, because there were too many traces of thought cover-up.

The most important thing now is the determination of the identity of the female corpse, although there is that dress, but it is difficult to determine a person's identity based on clothes alone.

After all, a piece of clothing can be worn on different people, and sometimes criminals will use this to mislead the case detective.

What can now be done is to use the skull of the deceased to restore the appearance of the deceased in front of him.

Meng Yan has learned some, but there are not many opportunities for practical operation, and he may not be able to make it accurately, which will mislead his judgment.

To do it or not to do it?

"Tianxing, has the deceased's skull been cleaned?" Meng Yan asked.

"Ge Qizuo is cleaning up."

"Clean it up, sue me." Meng Yan commanded, "Let Ge Cheng sign this corpse grid." ”

"Yes, Childe."

"Early tomorrow morning, I'll send you back to Songhe Tower first, and then go back to the yamen to do things, and let's keep the New Year with my father-in-law in the evening, okay?" Meng Yan said softly to Wen Xiaoyu.

"I listen to you." Wen Xiaoyu nodded sweetly.

"Alright, we'll go home now!" Meng Yan got up, put on a scarlet coat, called Cai Jin and Lin Tianxing, and went out of the inspection envoy yamen with Wen Xiaoyu.

"Are you okay at home?"

"It's all good!" Shen Cong greeted him, took the big puff in Meng Yan's hand, and put it on the hanger.

"What about Jiao Hong, how is the situation today?"

"I entered a small bowl of minced porridge in the evening, and his complexion was much stronger than yesterday, but he still didn't speak." Shen Cong said.

"He doesn't know who we are, does he?" Meng Yan washed his face with hot water and asked.

"I don't know yet."

"How are his wounds healing?"

"It's okay, it is estimated that in another four or five days, the stitches can be removed." Shen Cong said.

"Well, I'll meet him in a moment." Meng Yan nodded.

In Jiao Hong's temporary ward, Fan Xiping was guarding inside, and when he saw Meng Yan coming in, he hurriedly stood up.

"Childe!" Because of the need to hide Jiao Hong's identity, Fan Xiping and others changed their names in front of Jiao Hong, so that it was difficult for Jiao Hong to determine who Meng Yan was.

However, there will always be a day when the window paper will be pierced.

"Old Fan, you go out first." Meng Yan commanded in a low voice.

"Yes!"

Jiao Hong didn't sleep, Meng Yan noticed it when he came in, but when he came in, he closed his eyes.

Obviously, Jiao Hong was reluctant to talk to him.

Maybe he didn't know who he was yet, but saved him. However, his treatment of him under near-house arrest made him suspicious and afraid.

"Why, when you see your life-saver, don't you even want to say thank you?" Meng Yan walked over and asked Jiao Hong, who was lying on the warm kang.

It may be that this sentence touched him, Jiao Hong's eyelids moved a few times, he opened his eyes and looked at Meng Yan, his lips opened slightly: "Thank you for saving my life." ”

"Can we talk?" Meng Yan asked.

A trace of anxiety flashed in Jiao Hong's eyes, but he still blinked his eyes and agreed.

"I've just come back from outside, and I've been running around all day, so let's sit down and talk." Meng Yan moved a chair and sat in front of Jiao Hong.

"Your name is Jiao Hong. Is that right? ”

Jiao Hong nodded slowly. Acknowledging his identity.

"You live in Jujube Hutong in Yongfang, you live with your sister, your brother-in-law passed away, and your brother-in-law is Bai Xinyuan, a former famous pastry chef in the imperial dining room. Right? ”

"Yes. Dare to ask who Childe is. Why save me? Jiao Hong slowly opened his mouth and asked, he was injured in the abdomen, but it did not affect his speech. It's just that the knife is very deep, hurting the internal organs, and under the traction of speaking, it is inevitable that there will be severe pain, so you can't speak too fast, and your voice will naturally not be high.

"My name is Meng Yan, I'm sure you've heard my name."

When Jiao Hong heard this name, his face suddenly turned defeated, this was the name he was most afraid of hearing, there was no one.

"Isn't it surprising why I saved you?"

"Master Meng, I know, you are investigating the case of Bai Suxin's adultery and murder a year ago, and you saved me for the sake of the case, right?" Jiao Hong adjusted his breathing and said slowly.

"Yes, I saved you for the case."

"That night, Lord Meng was also in Cuiyun Tower, and the person who was fighting with me for Lan'er was Master Meng's subordinate, right?"

"Yes, he is indeed my subordinate." Meng Yan nodded.

"Master Meng, I know, I already said it a year ago, although you can go to Dongchang or the Criminal Department to check the case file." Jiao Hongdao.

"I want to know, why would someone want to kill you?"

"There's no need for Lord Meng to know, this is a personal grudge!" Jiao Hong closed his eyes and said.

"Since this official has run into it, and you have also been stabbed, this case can't be ignored, what do you say?"

"You can't handle this case!"

"Is it, why can't this official take care of it?" Meng Yan smiled in surprise and asked rhetorically.

"Lord Meng, your life-saving grace, I, Jiao Hong, will not forget it, but the villain advises you, you better leave my case alone!" Jiao Hongdao.

"Is it because you're secretly working for Dongchang?" Meng Yan's eyes flashed with a hint of confusion and asked.

"Master Meng knows a lot, yes, I, Jiao Hong, am doing things for Dongchang, in a sense, I am from Dongchang!" Jiao Hongdao.

"You probably don't know, the Holy Lord has issued an order to appoint this official as the inspector of the capital, and the first case investigated was last year's Bai Suxin adultery murder case!"

"What?" Jiao Hong was moved, this was after his assassination, of course he didn't know.

"What, this surprised you?" Meng Yan said, "Therefore, if it is related to this case, this official has the right to investigate, including the case of your assassination, and this official will also take over." ”

"Then we don't have anything more to say!"

"Jiao Hong, I hope you can provide some clues, so that the official can catch the person who stabbed you." Meng Yan Road.

"That's my personal grudge, don't bother Lord Meng!" Jiao Hong said with a look of refusal to cooperate.

The more he is like this, the more sure Meng Yan is that there must be something else in Bai Suxin's case, otherwise, for people who want their own lives, normal people should actively provide clues, after all, if this time is unsuccessful, there will be a next time.

Who doesn't value their lives?

On the other hand, this also confirms that what Bai Suxin said is true, this case is indeed an unjust case.

"Xi'er knows, right?" Meng Yan asked suddenly.

"I don't know!" Jiao Hong subconsciously denied it.

"Yes, she's dead, and she's in Suxinzhai!" A smile appeared at the corner of Meng Yan's mouth, Jiao Hong, you are indeed very treacherous, but in front of him, there are still flaws.

"I don't know, Master Meng, you can't get anything from me!" Jiao Hong realized that he had made a mistake and hurried to remedy it, and the only way for him to remedy it was to stop talking.

Judging from Jiao Hong's reaction, he seemed to know that Xi'er was dead, and he died in Su Xinzhai.

Of course, this is all Meng Yan's analysis in his heart, and there is evidence to support it.

"We found something in Xi'er's room, which seems to be related to her murderer, and with this evidence, maybe it will help us find her killer soon, what do you say?" Meng Yan Road.

Jiao Hong tried his best to make himself calm as usual, but the anxiety in his face and the tension in his hands and feet betrayed him.

This reaction fell in Meng Yan's eyes, and it was very joyful.

"You take care of your injuries here, and if you think of something, you can always have someone come to me." Meng Yan got up and said, the purpose of his coming tonight has been achieved. (To be continued......)