"Miss Xiaoyuan, your family lives here?"

"Yes, my lord!" Xiao Yuan said crisply, "My family is poor, and when I was very young, I was sent to Baifu to work to supplement my family. ”

"What about your brother?"

"My brother is a firewood picker on Yuquan Mountain, and he should be back from the charcoal factory at this time!" Xiao Yuan said.

Meng Yan nodded, the so-called firewood pickers are the people who purchase firewood for the royal family and nobles, and there are many people, especially when it comes to the motive, a lot of charcoal is needed for heating, and the number of firewood pickers is even more.

Xiao Yuan's home is not big, and after entering, there is a small courtyard, where some firewood is piled up, and there are some axes, saws and other tools in the corner.

"Xiao Yuan is back?"

Xiao Yuan's parents came out of the house and were a little surprised to see Xiao Yuan, they sold themselves to work in rich people's homes, it was difficult for them to have a reunion dinner, and the master needed someone to serve them.

"Dad, mother, where's my brother?"

"Your brother went to your Uncle Song's house, what are you looking for him?" Xiao Yuan's father asked curiously.

"It's okay, I'll come back to pick up something, if my brother comes back, you tell him." Xiaoyuan said.

"Oh, that's right, I said how did you come back!"

Meng Yan didn't go in, he was afraid that he would scare Xiaoyuan's parents and cause gossip among the neighbors.

Soon, Xiao Yuan came out of the house with a burden in his hand.

"Master, here it is!"

Meng Yan opened the baggage, and sure enough, it was a purple silk pants, which looked relatively new. Leaning on the upper side of the thigh, he saw a narrow gap, and Xiao Yuan lined it with a piece of fabric of a similar color to fill the gap.

"Xiao Yuan, you go back with the official now, don't mention this matter of silk pants to anyone, understand?" Meng Yan instructed.

"Sir, I took my brother's silk pants, in case my brother knows. So what to do? Xiao Yuan said.

"Let's go. Take the officer to your brother. Meng Yan thought for a moment and said.

Xiaoyuan's brother is called Wang Lei, and Uncle Song's family is actually a family affair that the family told him.

Met halfway!

After explaining the stakes, this young man named Wang Lei also had some wisdom, and immediately agreed to return to the yamen with Meng Yan.

But this matter is still hidden from their parents. So. Wang Lei made an excuse. said that someone hired him to work at a high price, and he couldn't have a reunion dinner at home!

The old parents didn't think anything, and the son had always been honest and never lyed. I also believed it.

So Meng Yan took Wang Lei and Xiaoyuan brothers and sisters back to inspect the yamen.

"Son, did you find anything?"

"Well, I found purple silk fibers under Bai Suxin's bed, and Jiao Hong happened to have such a pair of silk pants, and cut a hole, as long as you compare the two, you can determine whether the two are from the same material!" Meng Yan explained.

"Such a subtle clue has been discovered by the prince."

"That Xiaoyuan brother and sister I have already instructed, protect it, this may be our important witness!"

"Childe is worried about the East Factory?"

"If we are not careful, we will be bitten back by the East Factory!" Meng Yan nodded.

"Gongzi is right, we really can't guard against Dongchang." Cai Jin nodded.

"Dongchang 36 General Town, 108 docks, although the people are not as good as Jinyiwei, but most of them are active in the dark, and we are relatively in the light, so some things have to be guarded against."

"Childe is wise!"

"Mr. Cai, don't praise me, by the way, what do you gain from Lord Li?" Meng Yan asked.

"Lord Li Duo asked for a morning, except for one of the nineteen people on the list provided by Bai Suxin who had been confirmed dead, three of them had left the capital, and the other fifteen people had been found, but except for the three people who had left the capital, there was nothing suspicious!" Cai Jin said.

"What about the one who died?"

"The person who died was old and died of illness, and his family can testify to the events of the first half of this year."

"That means the female corpse may be one of the three people who left the capital?"

"No, it's sent, these three people are two men and one woman, the woman is over thirty years old, and the age of the female corpse test does not match!"

"It seems that the possibility that that the female corpse is Xi'er is getting bigger and bigger!" Meng Yan nodded.

"Yes, judging from the evidence and evidence in our current hands, it is most likely that the female corpse is Xi'er!"

"You can identify that female corpse to Bai Suxin!" Meng Yan thought for a moment and said.

"Okay, I'll inform Master Li!"

"Well, tell sù Li Duo, after this matter is done, you can let everyone go home, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, you can't delay everyone going home for a reunion dinner and keeping the New Year." Meng Yan commanded.

"Okay."

While talking, Zhang Xuan brought people back.

Zhang Xuan's face is good, probably because Cao Qin's deflated incident today made him happy.

"Master Zhang, how is it, has the theft been clarified?"

"Back to Lord Meng, it has been found out clearly, it is purely a false accusation, and the lower officials have not found any property related to the Bai family in the Hu family." Zhang Xuan said.

"What did Lord Cao Qin Cao say?"

"The facts are there, and Master Cao has nothing to say."

"Since Master Cao has no objection, then let everyone go, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, so I can go home and reunite for the New Year." Meng Yan commanded.

"Master Meng, since it was Bai Jiao's false accusation, what about Uncle Hu's wages, the lower officials have been to Uncle Hu's house, and the whole family is waiting for him to go home for the New Year with his wages." Zhang Xuan said.

"Then according to Lord Zhang's meaning, what should I do?" Meng Yan asked.

"Xiaguan has a plan, I don't know if Lord Meng can adopt it?" Zhang Xuan paused slightly and said.

"Master Zhang, please speak."

"Can the inspector make the yamen pay the wages of Uncle Hu and others first, and then wait for the case to be over, and then do the district office?" Zhang Xuan said.

"It's not that you can't, but the money of the inspector is all the money of the imperial court, and if you get angry, you can't get it back?"

"If Lord Meng is worried that he won't be able to change this account in the future, the lower officials can vouch for them." Zhang Xuan said.

"What do you vouch for, just your poor little money?"

"Master Meng......" Zhang Xuan didn't expect Meng Yan to have such an attitude, and couldn't help but be a little disappointed, how could Wen Xiaoyu choose such a man.

"Lord Zhang, the official didn't say that he disagreed with your construction, so let's do it, you calculate the wages of these people, write a total number, and the official will give you an approval, ask Mr. Cai to get the money, and send it to them as soon as possible." Meng Yan Road.

"Lord Meng, this money?"

"Naturally, someone will come out, so you don't have to worry, go quickly, don't delay the payment." Meng Yan Road.

"Xiaguan for Uncle Hu, thank them for Master Meng!"

Zhang Xuan's movements were very fast, and he quickly calculated a money amount for Meng Yan to relax, Meng Yan just glanced at the money and approved it directly.

This money will still come out of the Jiao sisters and brothers in the future, and it is a fair thing to repay the debt.

"Your Excellency, Your Majesty......"

"Master Li, why are you so happy?"

"My lord, Bai Suxin recognized it, that female corpse is her maid Xi'er!" Li Duo walked in happily and said.

"Confirmed?" Meng Yan was a little surprised, the corpse had no obvious features except for clothes, how could Bai Suxin recognize the identity of the female corpse?

"My lord, Bai Suxin said, Xi'er walks with a slight lameness, but you can't see it if you don't look carefully, it is an injury suffered when she was a child, according to this feature, Xia Guan asked Ge Yanzuo to re-examine the bones, and sure enough, it was found that the foot bones of the left foot of the bones were slightly deformed." Li Duo explained.

"This is surprising news." Meng Yan nodded, "It can be used as important evidence to confirm the identity of the bones." ”

"My lord, now that the identity of the bones has been determined, it is time to track down how the deceased was killed, by whom, and how he abandoned it in Su Xinzhai's grocery room, and it has been covered up." Li Duo said.

"The cause of the deceased's death is more likely to be suffocation, according to the investigation of this official, the first scene of the deceased's death should be Xi'er's room on the second floor, if it is temporarily determined that the deceased is Xi'er, then who is going to kill an innocent girl, is it a vendetta or a love killing?" Meng Yan stood up and analyzed as he paced.

"My lord, will there be any connection between Bai Suxin's case and Xi'er's murder?" Li Duo asked.

"Yes, yes, but it's hard to say how deep the correlation is!" Meng Yan nodded affirmatively.

"What else did you find in the search of Su Xinzhai?"

"Oh, and I found some wood in the firewood room, which seems to have been replaced by repairing the railing, and a lot of it is rotten!"

"Oh, did you bring it back?"

"Bring it back, my lord, you commanded, all the evidence that can be brought back." Li Duo said.

"Let's go, let's see!"

In the yard.

"Lord Meng, you see, it's these woods, it seems to have been removed from a section of railing, but they are all broken!"

"Master Li, find someone, put these pieces of wood together and restore them, and the official must know their shape before this!" Meng Yan ordered.

"My lord, these woods are rotten like this, how can they be restored?"

"Look for it slowly, be careful, this may be the key to solving the case!" Meng Yan said calmly.

"Okay, Xiaguan is going to find someone to put together wood?"

"Don't worry, find a room for these woods and put them away first, I'll be busy doing this today, I think everyone is in a hurry to go home for the New Year, and then do it after the New Year." Meng Yan shook his hand.

The harvest of this day is still not small, there has been a big breakthrough in the case, and Bai Jiao's family has been arrested, and the relationship between Cao Qin's and Bai Jiao's family has gradually become clear.

Go back and think about how to proceed with the next step of the investigation.

Anyway, now the initiative is in your own hands, but you must also be vigilant against the counterattack of the East Factory, the bad guys are always unwilling to fail. (To be continued......)