Shanxi Road has finally arrived.

Pei Qingqing, who woke up from the bed, looked at her gaze with sleepy eyes, and then yawned: "You can make up for some food." ”

"If you haven't slept enough, you'll sleep again." Qiao Ran stroked her messy hair a little and said.

Bai Zhijun in front of him was negotiating with Zhou Shilin, and it didn't matter if she showed up at this time or not. It's just that...... Qiao Ran looked at Zhou Shilin's face who was facing them, and didn't know why he looked a little dignified.

"Miss Yuan was assassinated here before." After a few polite greetings, Zhou Shilin spoke.

Assassination here? Bai Zhijun looked slightly stunned: Isn't that the place where Master Li disappeared?

Zhou Shilin sighed and said, "I'm always afraid that something will happen again." "It was also because of that that General Gu and his party that they came before, and he also set off early, but he didn't expect that General Gu and his entourage were not assassinated here, but they were assassinated in the city.

There were accidents one after another, but there was nothing to be done.

This is the current dilemma that Shanxi Road is experiencing.

"It's hard to explain things in a few words," Zhou Shilin said, "and you can see as I enter the city." ”

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Yecheng is the place where Zhou Shilin led his troops to station, and it is also the largest city within a hundred miles of this place.

Before entering the city, Qiao Ran did not compare Yecheng with places such as Chang'an, Jinling and Luoyang, after all, compared to the unique advantages of these places, Shanxi Road, where Yecheng is located, is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and bandits are rampant, and there is no end to it. It must be inferior to these places.

Ke Rao was mentally prepared for this, and after entering the city, she was still shocked.

The low houses, the yellow-skinned people, and the sad-faced vendors, it seems that these soldiers who have come all the way look the most energetic.

This kind of industrial city, not to mention compared to places like Chang'an, Jinling and Luoyang, and even more difficult than the people of Gutong County who were deceived by the demons and fools I saw before, the people here seem to have a harder time.

"How so?" Qiao Ran lifted the corner of the curtain and looked at the people around him, there was almost no difference, among them, all those who were better dressed were all caravans passing by with official disks in their hands.

Compared with her surprise, Pei Qingqing's reaction was like a thunderbolt from the sky: "What is this place?" Isn't it the largest city within a hundred miles? Is there any dim sum shop in this place? ”

Could it be that she is going to be in a sugar-free situation these days on Shanxi Road? Pei Qingqing only felt that at this moment, it was as if he had entered hell on earth, and people wilted in an instant like frosted eggplants.

At this time, Qiao Ran really couldn't say anything comforting, just sighed and said, "Let's talk about it at the hotel!" ”

The place where the officials of Shanxi Road arranged for them to live was the largest local hotel on Shanxi Road, and the carriage stopped in front of the hotel, and Qiao Ran got out of the carriage with Pei Qingqing, who was already wilting.

As far as the eye can see, there are four three-story buildings standing on all sides.

Zhou Shilin pointed to the four southeast, northwest, and four pavilions in front of him and said: "The north side of the hotel has already settled in Miss Yuan's party, and Zhou, the old man, is greedy and saves some leg effort, so he lives in the east, and the remaining west and south two hotels don't know how to arrange?" ”

The east pavilion is the closest to the place where the army is stationed, and it is not unusual for Zhou Shilin to choose this pavilion to live in. After Qiao Ran glanced at the place where the army was stationed, he explained to Bai Zhijun and Zhang Jie, who came with him: "What the Great Governor said is reasonable, the two of them are in charge, and it is naturally more convenient to be closer to the army. Why don't you live in the south side, and I can live in the West Building with this child. ”

Naturally, there was nothing wrong with such an arrangement, but Zhou Shilin didn't move, but looked at her and stopped talking.

This reaction was a bit unexpected, Qiao Ran looked at the expression on Zhou Shilin's face for a moment before he smiled and said, "Great Governor, but what's wrong with the West Pavilion?" ”

Issue? Zhou Shilin smiled bitterly: "It's good to arrange it like this, it's just that the West Pavilion is ......" He looked at the girl's smiling expression, and finally opened his mouth to say it.

"General Gu, they were assassinated in the West Pavilion."

It turned out to be the place of assassination.

Qiao Ran suddenly thought that it was not safe for her and Pei Qingqing to live in the West Pavilion! Thinking like this, she smiled, and then said: "The Great Governor is too worried, it's not the place that is unsafe, it's the people." ”

If someone wants to do something to them, it doesn't matter which hotel they stay in, and if no one wants to pay attention to them, it's safe to live on the street.

As soon as these words came out, Zhou Shilin choked, and then looked at her seriously. The Lord Qiao in front of him, he knows. As for how you met...... Zhou Shilin took a deep breath.

A few months ago, this Lord Qiao in front of him was still a bastard who had just entered Dali Temple, yes, bastard. He almost helped her solve her first case in Dali Temple, of course, for himself. This kind of old thing should not be thought about anymore, after all, His Majesty will send her over, and she should no longer be a bastard.

Can...... Zhou Shilin was still shocked when he learned that she was coming, even though he had been told that this Lord Qiao had been tempered for the past few months, but could he still change a person?

When I saw it today, I really changed my person. So much so that he wondered if Master Qiao, who was a little stupid at that time, and what he said was the same as the one in front of him.

Of course, this can't be said explicitly, Zhou Shilin snorted, and was about to ask someone to take them over, when he heard the girl speak again.

"Grand Governor, after the assassination, did the West Pavilion clean up?"

This is natural, Zhou Shilin felt that maybe her intelligence was just his illusion for a moment, and he said angrily: "After all, you are going to come to live, and you should clean it up." ”

Bai Zhijun and Zhang Xie on the side didn't react, if they had to say yes, they were looking at them for a long time, as if they were very interested in what was going to be said between him and Master Qiao.

The girl in front of her smiled, and the stupidity seemed to disappear for a moment, and she then asked, "Did the assassin catch it?" ”

Haven't you already told them all this? Zhou Shilin remembered that this was still written by himself, no matter how big or small, why did he have to mention it again?

But now that there were so many people present, the look on the girl's face didn't seem to be teasing him, so he coughed and said, "No." ”

Seeing that everyone was looking at him in unison, he said, "Actually, he was caught, but the assassin refused to admit his guilt for a long time. ”

"If you refuse to admit guilt, the evidence is not very sufficient," Qiao Ran said, "and then you don't count it as caught." ”

What do you say...... Although he was not the one in charge of this matter, Zhou Shilin still felt a little blushing, but because of his dark skin, he couldn't see anything.

He seems to have begun to adapt to the sometimes shrewd and sometimes silly appearance of Lord Qiao in front of him. That's it, just assume that she has a bad memory, and he will say it again!

So Zhou Shilin repeated the events of that day again.

"General Gu and his entourage stayed in the West Pavilion, because General Gu himself was also a good hand, so he only left a few people outside the hall to guard, and there was no one in the house."

"On the day of the accident, General Gu didn't bring anyone with him, and there was a small guy next to Lord Zhao. After nightfall, the miscellaneous servants in the entire West Pavilion were sent out, and because General Gu and Lord Zhao wanted to discuss things, there was no one else left in the hall. Zhou Shilin said, "It is my people who are guarding outside the hall, in order to protect the safety of General Gu and Lord Zhao, at that time, except for the guards guarding the door, the remaining four will wait on the side where General Gu's room is located." ”

General Gu lived on the second floor of the hotel, with a window on one side, and it was a night meeting...... Qiao Ran's eyes condensed slightly, "Then, the so-called attention of the Great Inspector to the movements of General Gu and his party should be decided based on the figures on the doors and windows!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhou Shilin "hissed", looked at her and said in his heart: This Lord Qiao is starting to be smart again?

However, this kind of slanderous words in my heart can't be said in front of everyone, so Zhou Shilin nodded and said, "What Master Qiao said is right, just look at those three figures." He said with his gaze swept over the attentive Bai Zhijun and Zhang Xie who were listening, he wrote the story in such detail that these people still wanted to hear him say it again in person.

That's it, it's not that difficult to have a mouth. At least it's much easier to open your mouth than to do it yourself, and it seems that some people come early, but their mouths are open for I don't know how many times, and things are still at a loss.

"My people," Zhou Shilin said and added, stretching out his finger and gesturing, "It was four people who saw the assassination at the same time." ”

Qiao Ran said, "The Great Governor, please speak." ”

This attitude is sincere, and when he speaks, he also stares at his eyes, which is very polite. Zhou Shilin was not dissatisfied, but she was still a little unaccustomed to it, after all, she was like this when she listened to him directing things.

For a while, she really couldn't tell if she was stupid or smart.

Of course, such nonsense is only for a moment, Zhou Shilin coughed, put away the messy thoughts, and spoke again: "That little guy is standing aside, two or three steps away from Lord Zhao. Zhou Shilin said.

Even if you are a confidant, you can not retreat when you are deliberating, but you still need to be some distance away from the serious master.

So there's nothing wrong with this position.

"Lord Zhao and General Gu were leaving, face to face and talking, it happened in an instant, Lord Zhao and General Gu, who were talking, suddenly convulsed, and then vomited something out at the same time, and then fell down, the little guy went over to help, shouted for help, and then the guards guarding the door rushed in, and in the process did not see anyone, the guards who stayed downstairs in the room did not leave, and they did not see anyone come out from beginning to end." Zhou Shilin said, "In short, no one has ever seen any assassins. ”

Qiao Ran nodded, followed his words, and waited for him to continue.

If Zhou Shilin really thought that there were no assassins, he would not play in the name of assassins.

"It's only a matter of breath until the guards rush into the room." He said, "Lord Zhao and General Gu died on the spot. As if he had thought of something, he added, "Miss Yuan can't be saved." ”

He didn't have a problem with Miss Yuan, after all, he also saved his grandson's life. But these days, even he, a big man, has to admit that Miss Yuan still goes back to be a miracle doctor who helps the world and saves people, and some things are really not suitable for her to do. Of course, His Majesty didn't let her do those things, and sent Lord Li over, but unfortunately Lord Li has not heard from her so far. Even if the person was dead, there had been several waves of people in the place where they fell that day, and none of them had ever found his body. Sometimes, he suspected that Master Li had been eaten by fish, after all, the thin skin and tender meat were much more delicious than those of them.

The pressure from above has caused him to lose a lot of hair recently, and he is really afraid that after returning to Beijing, he will have a thin hair and dysentery, but he will be laughed to death by his colleagues.

Qiao Ran said: "In this case, then there was only that little guy present at that time, and he should have seen the whole story." ”

When Zhou Shilin heard her say this, he immediately let out a sneer: "Because he is the real assassin!" ”

Qiao Ran was stunned for a while, and raised her eyes to look at Bai Zhijun and Zhang Xie who had only listened to them and had never spoken, and the two of them also showed a moment of surprise.

Of course, it is up to her to ask for such a thing. So Qiao Ran said: "Is there any evidence?" ”

Zhou Shilin said: "From the official spy household registration documents that the little guy carried, it can be found that he is from Chaozhou, not far from Shanxi Road. ”

Well, that's barely counted. Qiao Ran thought of the Chaozhou Crocodile Creek, which passed through Gutong County, and did not interrupt Zhou Shilin's words, and motioned for him to continue.

"Therefore, if this person does not have an intersection with these bandits on Shanxi Road, it is possible that he was born near Shanxi Road, and he entered the Chaozhou household registration by tampering with the household registration, hoping to be separated from Shanxi Road."

It's a bit bizarre, but it's also possible. Qiao Ran was silent for a moment, and seeing that Zhou Shilin was about to continue, she hurriedly spoke: "Great Inspector, is it up to you to do such a thing as investigating the assassination?" ”

Zhou Shilin glanced at her, and sure enough, she hadn't forgotten the first case of entering Dali Temple! However, he didn't bother to care about such a thing as helping people investigate the case, after all, this time it was not about his daughter.

What does he, a rough man who leads troops to war, use these brains? If the investigation is good, not to mention that he is good, but if he is wrong, he will be scolded for meddling with rats, and at worst, he will be involved in the crime of framing, but it will give those civil officials who are staring at him a handle.

has been an official for many years, and Zhou Shilin has already built a complete set of his own simple way of being an official. Thick and fine, but also walk steadily.

"Naturally not," Zhou Shilin said, "It was handed over to a few adults sent by His Majesty, but it was a few adults who were assassinated this time, so it could only be handed over to those who were not assassinated." ”

His Majesty sent a total of four of them before and after, General Gu and Lord Zhao died, and the worst was Lord Li, who fell off the cliff without even taking a step on Shanxi Road, so which one is left, needless to say, everyone already knows.

Miss Hara!

Qiao Ran sighed, did not mention Yuan Jiaojiao's name, and let Zhou Shilin continue.

Zhou Shilin said: "So, he has a motive to assassinate. To add insult to injury, he said he had seen the Assassins. ”

From beginning to end, neither the guards who stood outside watching the shadows of a few people, nor the guards who rushed in after just a few breaths outside the door but didn't even see a single figure, had never seen the assassins.

"He's lying." Zhou Shilin said.