Chapter 523: Another Murder

Zhao Qiujin felt that she had accidentally discovered a good talent, but in fact, the old beggar's painting was quite good.

"Hey, if you trust me, can you paint a few more paintings, I'll take a look, in addition, Lord Zhang, you can follow this weapon to find those nearby shops that make iron and smelt swords, and see if anyone has recently ordered this large number of swords, and when the time comes, you can confirm who did it."

When Zhang Yunfan heard this, he immediately nodded.

He told his subordinates to do as the queen told him, and searched all the blacksmith shops in a nearby town.

And Zhao Qiujin now finds that in fact, she can find a way to change the fate of this old beggar, if this old beggar is really good.

If he is really a scholar, then he has a few inks in his stomach.

"You paint your most proud painting, I will give you two days, and after the painting is completed, send it to this yamen, I will take a look at it then, if it is suitable, I can recommend you to go to the school to be a master."

Although Zhao Qiujin herself doesn't know much about painting, she has also seen the painters of the court, and the appearance of the painting is too fake, although it is graceful and luxurious, but she always feels as if something is missing.

And most of the colors they use are bold, and it may be because they are not bad for silver, so they use a lot of pigments.

However, although the painting drawn by this old beggar is only a black and white ink painting, it has a different elegance, and Zhao Qiujin feels moved in his heart.

When the old beggar heard this, his heart was overjoyed, and his fear had long been swept away.

Originally, he was worried that this woman was a murderous female demon, but he didn't know that this was actually the queen of Leng Yue Kingdom standing in front of him, and he was only now thanking Zhao Qiujin.

"Thank you, girl, you are really my destined benefactor, you are simply my Bole, don't worry, when I have the silver, I will definitely share half of you, this is the opportunity you gave me, but can you really recommend me to go to the academy to be a master?"

The old beggar looked at Zhao Qiujin suspiciously, he knew that Master Zhang was very powerful, and he was also an important official of the imperial court.

However, the girl in front of him looked quite raw, and he had never seen it, let alone knew who Zhao Qiujin was.

Zhao Qiujin smiled, "Don't worry, I still have this right, as long as you paint well, I can find a way to introduce you to the academy and let you be a painting master."

When the time comes, you can just teach your students to draw. ”

When the old beggar heard this, he nodded happily, and with an excited look on his face, he immediately took his paintbrush and paper and went back to paint.

Zhang Yunfan watched Zhao Qiujin send the master away, and said with a smile: "Niangniang, it's already come to this point, why don't you tell him that you are the queen of the Cold Moon Country?" ”

Zhao Qiujin smiled and said: "It makes no difference what I said, besides, the most important thing is to look at his own talent, I think his paintings are very good, it may be a thousand miles horse, but if I tell him that I am the queen of the Cold Moon Kingdom, it will increase the pressure on him."

I just want to see how he really paints without pressure. ”

Zhang Yunfan heard Zhao Qiujin say this, nodded, with a look of agreement, he had always heard that the queen's mother was a good helper.

However, he had never seen the power of Niangniang, and this time he came out with Zhao Qiujin, only to find that this woman was really not an ordinary girl.

It's not something that ordinary women can compare, no wonder, the emperor can abolish the harem for the queen's mother, leaving the queen mother alone.

Previously, there were still ministers in the court who felt that the queen was arrogant and domineering, which forced the emperor to abolish the harem.

Now it seems that this queen is wise and fierce, so she has been favored by the emperor wholeheartedly.

Therefore, there is no need for 3,000 beauties in the harem, and the queen alone is enough to occupy the emperor's heart.

Zhao Qiujin didn't plan to be a queen hiding in the deep palace from the beginning, and she also knew that after the abolition of the harem now, it would add a lot of pressure to the emperor.

And as the emperor's virtuous helper, the only thing she can do now is to relieve the emperor a little bit of these pressures, so she can go to the people, she can go anywhere, as long as it is for the emperor, as long as it is for the entire Cold Moon Country.

But now, Zhao Qiujin still has a very doubtful thing in his heart, that is, when the old beggar first saw her, he looked frightened, and he said that he looked exactly like the murderer.

Is it really exactly the same, exactly the same?

Thinking of this, Zhao Qiujin couldn't help but stretch out his hand and touch his cheek, could it be that there is a person exactly like her in this world, and he is a murderous female devil?

That's really terrible, what if one day, that person really did something evil, and in the end, what if it all came to himself?

Thinking of this, Zhao Qiujin couldn't help but feel a little worried.

She clearly knows that this matter must be investigated immediately, and the longer it drags on, the more gossip will be.

When the time comes, the impact on himself will be worse, although the old beggar has not said anything to the outside world.

However, when the old beggar spoke, so many officers and soldiers were at the scene, and everyone heard it, and the murderer that the old beggar said looked exactly the same as Zhao Qiujin.

Not only that, but the old beggar also acted extremely scared, as if Zhao Qiujin was the real murderer, which was tantamount to putting a heavy hat on her head.

"Queen Mother, you can rest assured, the minister will definitely investigate this matter clearly, and will never let the murderer who is at large threaten the reputation of the Queen Mother through rumors." Zhang Yunfan reminded in a timely manner.

He also knew what Niangniang was worried about now, because the old beggar said that the real perpetrator looked exactly like Zhao Qiujin.

However, they all knew that the queen mother was still in the palace at that time, how could there be a doppelganger technique to go to Shanshui Village to kill people.

Just when Zhang Yunfan was trying to find the murderer, and asked him to re-examine the body, block the scene, and conduct a second carpet search of the scene, something happened in another village.

All the people died overnight again, and even more people this time, there were thirty people in all.

This village is called Daming Village, and there is a mountain behind it, the mountain is very high, and according to the villagers, they did not see any suspicious people entering or leaving the village that night.

If there are no suspicious people entering or leaving the village, it means that there should be no homicide in the village.

However, the fact that all the people in the village are dead now proves that there were indeed people in the village that night, and that it is not the case that they came in that way.

After Zhang Yunfan received the report, he immediately took the county order and his subordinates and hurried to Daming Village.

After Zhao Qiujin learned the news, he immediately followed Zhang Yunfan to Daming Village.

Gonggong Zhao got the emperor's will and came over to send some snacks to Niangniang, and they also knew that Niangniang had been busy outside the palace recently to investigate the case with Master Zhang.

However, the emperor has been thinking about Niangniang in his heart!