At noon, the hall of the Yamen of Dali Temple was very quiet, because at this time of eating, everyone ran to the dining hall. The craftsmanship of the cooks in the canteen of Dali Temple is still good, and it is very popular with officials and officials from the top and bottom of the yamen.

The girl walked past the lobby with a food box and walked to her chair and stool, and before she could take a few steps, she bumped into several young officials who also walked in with food boxes.

Seeing that it was her, the young officials' eyes immediately lit up, and then they came over excitedly and said, "Lord Qiao, you didn't go to Lord He?" ”

Qiao Ran shook her head, her expression calm: "Lord Zhen only taught me to help do some small things, this kind of thing is the business of the government, how can I meddle casually?" ”

Several young officials were disappointed by this attitude of not caring about themselves, but even so, they couldn't help but ask her: "What happened, which villager had an accident?" ”

Sure enough, he still came to inquire about this, Qiao Ran shook his head with a smile, and said, "Forget it!" "The robe was found in the water." ”

"Maybe it's drowning, but you can always find it if you look slowly." Several young officials were also disinterested when they heard this.

There are more strange cases in contact with Dali Temple, and it seems that such cases that are ordinary regardless of the method or the identity of the deceased really make people not interested, and they were about to disperse after two more greetings, when they suddenly heard a voice from behind everyone.

"It's quite idle, you are so good with Master Qiao, it seems that yesterday's proposal ......"

It was Zhen Shiyuan's voice, today's court meeting was a little late, and the people who didn't see him in the morning thought they had just come to the court. It's just that before he finished speaking, the faces of several colleagues in front of him changed suddenly, but in the blink of an eye, people found excuses to slip away.

Qiao Ran couldn't see it clearly, and she didn't know what Zhen Shiyuan said to them yesterday, telling those colleagues to run faster than rabbits.

After startling a few young officials, Zhen Shiyuan looked at Qiao Ran and said, "You come with me." ”

Qiao Ran followed with the food box, of course, although the words were to be said, the rice also had to be eaten. Zhen Shiyuan, who had been standing at the court meeting all morning, was already hungry, and saw Qiao Ran open the food box. He glanced at the contents of her food box and went to the dining hall.

It didn't seem to be a hurry, Qiao Ran ate it all the time.

After eating and drinking, Zhen Shiyuan also came back from the canteen after eating, and then pointed to the chair in front of him, and said, "Sit down and talk about yesterday's events." ”

Qiao Ran sat down on the chair in front of him and spoke: "Actually, it's not a big deal, it's just that I accidentally found out that there was a crazy person in that small village who might have had an accident, and I didn't find anyone when I left last night." ”

In that case, it would be a very common case. Zhen Shiyuan heard the "oh" and looked her up and down, probably out of questioning her as a person, or asking: "There is nothing strange about this case, right?" Among the cases she has handled, such ordinary cases are really rare.

Qiao Ran said: "If you want to say that it is strange, it is probably a person, and the Taoist who had the accident should be a yin-yang magician." "Of course, it's the kind of charlatans scattered among the people, and the ones who have never entered the Yin and Yang Division.

O Warlock! Zhen Shiyuan snorted, but he didn't think there was anything special about this matter. Although it is a little special, it is not too strange, after all, Yin-Yang Warlocks are also human beings, and they will also make enemies, and what's more, such talented Yin-Yang Warlocks are even more ruthless than ordinary people.

After a pause, Qiao Ran said again: "He's quite rich." "After all, one person pays for the road to be built.

As soon as these words came out, Zhen Shiyuan couldn't help but glance at her and said, "It's not easy for a Yin-Yang Warlock to come to money?" "If a doctor can cure diseases and save people, know how to guide Feng Shui or something, and have a skill, of course he can make money. What's more, such a skill can be a lifesaver for many people.

So there's nothing strange about that. Qiao Ran snorted, and after a while, he said, "That Shanyuan Village is at the foot of the mountain near Nondao Mountain, but there is moss all over it, and no one has set foot on it. ”

Zhen Shiyuan said: "That is, either it was lost, or someone hid it." ”

At this point, there is really nothing special about this case.

Qiao Ran smiled and said, "That crazy man raises fish very well, and many diners in this city who can eat will go to him to buy fish. ”

Zhen Shiyuan drank the tea slowly and methodically, without any signs of paying attention to her.

The girl continued. "Yesterday, the fish in the whole spring pool disappeared once, and when someone went into the water to remove the hole and gravel, the fish came out in a flash."

It is the relationship between the dark river at the bottom, although this kind of thing seems to be a bit mysterious at first glance, but there are many records, and there are already craftsmen and supervisors who have examined this phenomenon, not one place, and it is not worth mentioning.

Therefore, Zhen Shiyuan was still unmoved.

The girl smiled and said, "That place is at the foot of the Mountain." ”

She had already said this sentence before, Zhen Shiyuan took a sip of tea, and the moment the tea was entered, a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in her mind, "No, this thing is not simple......

Yes, it's not easy to connect all these ordinary things that seem to make sense together.

"I don't know much about the methods of the Yin-Yang Warlock, but that mad Taoist can raise fish so well, obviously he knows the direction of the pool of water and the underground river very well."

What is the place of Nondao Mountain? Yang Yunsong personally pointed out the place of the imperial tomb before he suffered from dementia, and such an auspicious place is inevitably reminiscent of something. Especially compared to other yin-yang techniques that are already untestable in later generations and may not exist in the time and space she is in, one of the thirteen branches of yin and yang can be described as "the sword goes sideways" in her time and space, and it is very hot. At that time, she also chased a number of stories about this way and was obsessed with it, but that one was called "tomb robbery" by later generations, and it was very sought after.

And in this time and space, one of the thirteen branches of yin and yang is called touching gold, and it is really difficult for her not to connect some of these trivial things.

Touching the gold, in the era when the laws of Dachu were far less strict than those in later generations, for those who specialized in this way, money could really be obtained overnight. Not to mention the road of Shanyuan Village, even the road of Chang'an Avenue, which He Taiping was worried about, was also built.

Of course, there is no definite evidence whether this mad Taoist master and apprentice did this kind of thing, but I have to say that if this speculation is used to explain, many things make sense.

With such means, isn't this master and apprentice equivalent to a walking money bag? People die for money, birds die for food, because money invites death.

At this point, Zhen Shiyuan's mind turned around, and he obviously understood: "In this way, this person is likely to die because of money problems?" ”

"Two possibilities." Qiao Ran raised two fingers, shook them in front of him, and said, "One may be because this madman and apprentice have accumulated a large amount of money, and someone wants to get this large amount of money, but the madman refuses, so he invites death; Second, if it were me, I would think it would be better to hold it in my hands than a large amount of money, and to have such a cornucopia of wealth......

Hearing this, Zhen Shiyuan couldn't help but glance at him, and said with deep emotion: "You are quite experienced, and you have a lot of appetite!" ”

Qiao Ran couldn't help laughing when she heard this, and when she had laughed enough, she put a smile on her face and said, "I'm just talking." However, most of the people who can do such things as killing people and seizing wealth are not good people, and they are unlikely to be saints of noble character, so naturally the second possibility is greater. "There is always a time when a large sum of money is squandered, and what can be compared to holding a tool that will make money!

Of course, judging from the Taoist robe worn by the mad Taoist, this crazy Taoist does not want to be a walking cornucopia, after all, the business of touching gold is also dangerous and immoral, and it is estimated that he was stabbed twice, not to mention people now, and even the body has not been found.

"And this mad Taoist master and apprentice have been in Shanyuan Village for many years, and they have been peaceful, and I think it is very likely that the two of them formed an enemy before they came to Shanyuan Village." Qiao Ran thought for a while and said, "Otherwise, a mediocre Taoist who will go crazy from time to time has never stepped out of Shanyuan Village in all these years, where did the enemy come from?" ”

Of course, if this master and apprentice is a yin-yang warlock, it is very likely that the feud is naturally a yin-yang warlock, and maybe the warlock really killed someone.

At this point, these are just speculations and cannot be confirmed.

Zhen Shiyuan sat on the chair for a long time, and when the girl was about to leave, he suddenly said: "No wonder, I saw the people from the Yin and Yang Division hurriedly leaving the palace today, it seems that He Taiping reported the matter." ”

As long as it is possible that the warlock borrowed means to kill people, it is natural to dispatch the people of the Yin and Yang Division.

Not necessarily. Qiao Ran said in his heart, maybe the people of the Yin and Yang Division had already found out, after all, Zhang Xie had gone to buy fish so many times, and he thought that he had discovered the identity of the madman early in the morning. It's just that at this time, the madman suddenly had an accident, which surprised them a little.

But what is the Yin and Yang Division doing when it is eyeing the mad man?

"In short, in this matter, He Taiping didn't come forward to find the Yin and Yang Division, presumably he wouldn't have found us again." Zhen Shiyuan told her, "Don't worry about it." ”

Qiao Ran sighed and said, "Don't worry, Lord Zhen, I'm not a sealer." "Seeing the case, can't you walk the road?

Who knows? Zhen Shiyuan couldn't help but glance at her when he heard this, and waved his hand to drive away.

Qiao Ran didn't get up immediately, but said with a smile: "It's okay left and right, can I go to the prison to see General Bai?" ”

Bai Zhijun! Zhen Shiyuan frowned, he seemed a little unhappy, he said: "Don't look at the group of court officials in the palace one by one like dogs, and their mouths are very fast in private, last night there was a storyteller in the teahouse who talked about Bai Zhijun." Instead of blaming him for his behavior of disrupting the handling of the case, he praised him for being affectionate and righteous. "It's not a good thing to say.

The smile on Qiao Ran's face was even worse, and she said, "The stories of such heroic sons and daughters are always relished. Even she, as the person handling the case, didn't have much ill feeling towards Bai Zhijun, of course, maybe because she already knew the truth, and Bai Zhijun's "disrupting the case" didn't have much impact on her.

"Some people say that Bai Zhijun and Mrs. Cen are a match made in heaven, and they feel that they are a pair of beautiful people, but they were born at the wrong time." When Zhen Shiyuan mentioned this, he seemed to be a little unhappy, "I think that even if Mrs. Cen and Bai Zhijun eloped back then, they might not be able to live well." ”

Mrs. Cen is rigid on the outside and soft on the inside, and Bai Zhijun back then obviously did not reach the point of being alone, just a lonely and nameless scholar. With Mrs. Cen here, he naturally wouldn't think of throwing pen to paper Congrong, an ordinary literati, what can he do? The account room of the teahouse tavern can naturally afford to live, but Mrs. Cen, who seems to be a heroine, has actually grown up pampered since she was a child, eloped, and without the support of money, how long can they be together?

Don't you see how many emotions have been moved throughout the ages, and the lovers who have sworn to stay together for a lifetime are resentful because of money?

It's okay to be together, but neither of them considered reality at that time, so it's strange to be together.

"Everyone is just watching the excitement, and General Bai is now the only one in his heart." Qiao Ran perfunctorily persuaded Zhen Shiyuan two sentences.

Zhen Shiyuan nodded quite appreciatively, and then untied the waist card from his waist and slapped it on the table, "Let's go, let's go, don't let me see you!" ”

Qiao Ran picked up the waist card and withdrew with a smile.

The prison of Dali Temple has always been very clean, not to mention Bai Zhijun's identity, and he is now so small that he can ignore the crime at any time.

When Qiao Ran came over, Bai Zhijun was sitting cross-legged on the stone bed eating, looking like he was in a good mood.

Seeing her coming, he also put down the bowl in his hand and came over to say hello to her, Qiao Ran noticed that the chains on his hands and feet had been taken off, so he was completely unrestricted from moving.

Sensing that the girl's gaze fell on the chains of his hands and feet, he couldn't help but smile: "Lord Zhen is afraid that something will happen to me." ”

There were also a few silver needles inserted in the food that came, obviously afraid that the person who was unfavorable to him before would make another move at this time. It's called imprisonment, but it's actually protection! No wonder the meals are the same as those of the officials.

"So General Bai, you have to be careful." The girl smiled, looked at Bai Zhijun's good face, and said, "I'll come to see General Bai, it's good that you stay here." ”

Bai Zhijun laughed out loud when he heard this, and suddenly pointed to the next door and said: "There are a few literati on both sides, and they are against each other by chanting poetry all day long, and I am not lonely when I stay here, it is very interesting." ”

Qiao Ran also heard the chatter from the cell next door, and couldn't help laughing twice.

Seeing that the greetings were almost over, Bai Zhijun looked at her through the cell door and said, "I know you are coming to see if I am doing well, I am doing well." However, you must have something else to do at this time! "How many days have passed? It's not enough to visit.

Mingren didn't say dark words, Qiao Ran smiled: "I want to ask General Bai a question." ”

Bai Zhijun said: "You say." ”

The girl hummed and asked him, "As far as you can see, how much money can afford an army?" ”