The first to see this painting boat was the fishermen who got up early, and when they saw the painting boat swaying and standing motionless, they looked at it curiously a few more times, and then saw Feng Yuan sitting by the hatch.

I thought he was a drunken man, but the fishermen were worried that he would drumble into the river and drown. Because there was such a thing in the past, those flower customers who were looking for flowers and willows sat drunk on the bow of the boat, and one of them fell down carelessly, and no one found it and drowned silently.

The fisherman was worried that something would happen to him, so he climbed up and tried to wake him up, but as soon as the clinker was pushed, the man fell down, and his snort was gone, so he screamed in fright and rushed to report to the official.

The official on duty at night rushed to take a look, recognized Feng Yuan, and knew that something was wrong, so he called Zhen Shiyuan.

"It's pretty romantic!" Feng Qizuo glanced at it, and then squatted down, "Your Jinling has been really lively these days, and fresh corpses are one after another. ”

Zhen Shiyuan's face became more and more ugly when he heard this: "You test it quickly!" ”

"I'm watching!" Feng Qizuo pointed to Feng Yuan's face and said, "You see that he has a hairpin on his head, if he sees an ordinary person, no, he can't say that, if he sees a man or a girl from a serious family, he will hold a flower like this, and he will be coated with powder?" ”

Hairpin flower powder, this kind of behavior is not popular among Da Chu men, but if it is a pleasure seeker, it is a different matter.

Zhen Shiyuan called the official who followed Feng Yuan: "When you saw him yesterday, he was like this?" ”

The official shook his head, but said again: "However, when my subordinates saw Mr. Feng on the painting boat yesterday, there was indeed a woman's laughter from the painting boat. ”

"What you say is quite elegant." Feng Qizuo sneered, and when he saw Niu Qizuo coming over with a basin of water, his face suddenly changed, "What are you doing?" ”

Niu Qizuo pointed at Feng Yuan and said, "Naturally, I washed the makeup on Mr. Feng's face." "How do you look at Feng Yuan's face with makeup and judge the time when Feng Yuan died?

"Wash your head!" Feng Qizuo scolded, "Go find a few women who are proficient in makeup, and ask them if there is anything to say about this fat powder on Feng Yuan's face." ”

The old men are not proficient in this way, but the feeling of this makeup is really smooth as clotted fat, yesterday I saw that Feng Yuan's face was not like this one, so powerful It would not be an ordinary fat powder, if it was washed like this, wouldn't it be a pity?

Zhen Shiyuan also understood at this time, and his eyes immediately lit up: "Quick, go and invite a few makeup ladies to come." ”

If it is really a precious fat powder, every time it is sold, it will be recorded, and if you start with the fat powder, it will be much easier to find out the people who came into contact with Feng Yuan last night.

Niu Chengzuo's face was scornful, although he knew that what Feng Qizuo said was right, he still couldn't hold his face: "The entire Jiangnan Mansion is like this autopsy." ”

"So you don't have this, I have." Feng Qizuo pointed to the sign on his waist and said proudly.

Don't look away.

It was not until the makeup lady scraped off the fat powder on Feng Yuan's face that the autopsy began.

……

"Early in the morning, how can this government look like an empty house," a few officials from the capital walked out of the house, moving their shoulders and necks.

For so many days, I have been busy with major corruption cases, but I haven't even had time to visit this huge Jinling City.

"Because there's something going on in the city." Someone came out of the room and raised their hands to the adults.

"Lord Li is polite." Several people hurriedly raised their hands to return the salute, this Li family's descendants in the court of many adults are quite optimistic, not only young and promising, but also good character, since entering the ministry, never because of the appreciation of adults to give birth to arrogance, see them as in the past. In the entire ministry, almost no one can say that this Lord Li is not coming.

"What's going on?" An adult asked casually.

Li Zhaodao: "Do you know about the hairpin banquet? ”

Although it is not a matter of the court, most of these officials here are from the imperial examination, and they are also from the literati, and they are also very familiar with the hairpin banquet.

"If you don't say it, I almost forgot," the adult questioned, "The hairpin banquet is coming, and this time it happens to be in Jinling, and I'm afraid that I'll have to ask for a post to take a look at this gentleman's demeanor." ”

Li Zhao's face froze slightly, and he shook his head: "It's not a secret, yesterday Jiang Shanchang was found to have committed suicide in the house." ”

"What?" It was just that several adults who were originally not interested in this hairpin banquet couldn't help but come over, "Are you talking about Jiang Xiao?" ”

Li Zhao nodded: "Yes, this matter has not been shaken out yet, and Lord Zhen is afraid that he will be busier than me these days." ”

"That's right, it's Jiang Xiao after all!" Several adults sighed, "No wonder this mansion is like emptying early in the morning, and I can't even see a figure, it was originally for Jiang Xiao's business." ”

"Not only that," Li Zhao said, his face pale, "It's the news that just came, an hour ago, Feng Yuan of Yanjing was found dead in the painting boat on the Qinhuai River!" ”

"Even Feng Yuan is dead?" The faces of the crowd changed dramatically.

Jiang Xiao's accident is horrific enough, but now another Feng Yuan has died, this is really ......

"I hear that I have a headache for Lord Zhen," Liu Jize walked out of the house, "So I can't borrow the manpower of this mansion, and I have to rely on me to wait for the big corruption case." ”

Some officials couldn't help but sigh: "This Jinling is not peaceful!" ”

"If the world is peaceful and Haiqing River feasts, why do we need these officials?" Liu Jize glanced at them as he spoke, and said, "It's not easy to be peaceful for more than ten years. ”

As he was talking, he saw someone being brought over by an official who had stayed at the government to guard the door.

"Isn't this the little boy of the Pei family!" Someone recognized the person who was following the official messenger, "Why is he here?" After a pause, he suddenly said, "Is it for Jiang Xiao's business?" ”

After all, the friendship between master and apprentice, Jiang Xiao had an accident, and it was naturally impossible for the little son of the Pei family, who was a student, not to interfere.

Pei Xizhi raised his hand to everyone and saluted, and then hurriedly spoke: "You adults can see Lord Zhen?" ”

"I've gone to the banks of the Qinhuai River," Li Zhao looked at his red eyes, knowing that he hadn't closed his eyes all night, so he said, "Feng Yuan died in the painting workshop on the river." ”

"Feng Yuan is also dead?" Pei Xizhi obviously didn't know about it, and when he heard it, he was stunned.

"Pei Gongzi has something to look for Lord Zhen?" Li Zhao thought for a moment and asked him, "Why don't you say it and see if I can help?" ”

If you don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha, who doesn't want to give the face of the Pei family? Several Beijing officials present who were about to leave also stopped and looked at Pei Xizhi.

Seeing so many people looking at him, Pei Xizhi was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly said: "It's not a thing, it's just that the death of the mountain chief makes my brain very messy, and I want to ask Lord Zhen's opinion." ”

It turned out to be this kind of unreasonable thing, and the officials were a little disappointed when they heard it, and they couldn't intervene in this kind of thing.

Pei Xizhi also understood that he was disturbing everyone, raised his hand, and was about to leave, when he suddenly heard Li Zhao's voice behind him.

"Right now, Zhang Tianshi, they are also busy, and I am also busy, why don't I find an idler for you who is not busy to help you?"

And such idlers? Pei Xizhi was a little surprised.

Li Zhao smiled and pointed in the direction outside the city: "Miss Qiao, who is borrowed by the Xuanzhen Temple of Qixia Mountain, is thoughtful and has a talent for solving cases, if Pei Gongzi wants to find someone to ask, he might as well look for her, it is better than thinking about it alone." ”