The fact that a person is tall and tall to this extent is indeed a distinctive feature.

Qiao Ran thanked Zhao Minsheng.

Zhao Minsheng smiled bitterly: "I don't know what I can do to help adults, adults don't have to thank me." After a pause, he sighed again and said, "I know that there is nothing adults want to ask about the case, after all, with the ability of adults, the key has already been introduced, but there are some things I still want to say......"

No matter how powerful this Master Qiao is, no matter how much the key process is pushed, it is not him, so it is up to him to tell the situation at that time.

"Since the news of the conclusion of the Que Lou case spread in the city, I have begun to pay attention to when Xue Huai will be released from prison." Zhao Minsheng said, "That day Xue Huai was released from prison, we made an appointment to meet at the old local teahouse, and Wang Linhan and I waited for him for more than half an hour before he ......arrived."

For most of the hour, Xue Huai should have gone to the blacksmith shop to get these two gold pieces, Zhen Shiyuan glanced at the gold pieces in his hand, and said in his heart.

However, Zhao Minsheng and Wang Linhan didn't know about it.

"Since his book "The Biography of the Scholar's Divine Pen" became popular, Xue Huai seems to have changed as a person," Zhao Minsheng said with a little more nostalgia on his face, "Actually, I originally helped him think of this book, so that he could write a story about a scholar who got a magic pen." ”

Qiao Ran and Zhen Shiyuan glanced at each other, and invariably chose to be silent, quietly listening to him continue.

"I first met him in that teahouse, he is paranoid and not very likable, but human nature is not bad, and we are familiar with Wang Linhan after coming and going." Zhao Minsheng said, "It is the first time that I and Wang Linhan and other small people know that even if they are the children of the same ancestor, no one can bless them. ”

"His personality is really bad, for ordinary people, although the Xue family is indifferent and contemptuous of him, but he will not be treated badly in terms of money and money, and he will not be silent, so it will not be too difficult to live in this way, but he refuses." Zhao Minsheng said, "Such a surname may seem a bit stupid to others, but in my opinion, he is still a little arrogant." ”

Qiao Ran leaned against the wall with her arms crossed, still not interrupting Zhao Minsheng to talk about those past events.

Zhao Minsheng sighed and continued: "At that time, we were talking about everything, and I thought that the three of us were real friends who did not make friends because of power and wealth. ”

"You don't know what you know," Zhen Shiyuan couldn't help but interject, "There are friends made because of power and wealth, and there are friends made because they are also lonely, and the three of you are not all the way." ”

In the final analysis, it was because the three of them were depressed at that time, Zhao Minsheng opened a poor bookstore and was struggling to make ends meet; Wang Linhan left some small property on his ancestors, hoping that he could study and become a "Hanlin", but obviously Wang Linhan is not that material; And Xue Huai likes Danqing, but he has no talent.

The three of them have actually never known each other, they are just the same depressed and need to find an outlet, I am afraid that from beginning to end, only Zhao Minsheng thinks that they are close friends.

Hearing Zhen Shiyuan say this, Zhao Minsheng was stunned for a moment, and after a while, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Maybe what the adults said is right, it's just that I've been wishful thinking." ”

"One day we drank too much in the tavern on the side of the road, and when I saw Xue Huai in a daze at his pen, I laughed and said, 'Look at it again, this one won't help you paint', Xue Huai was stunned for a moment, and suddenly said that if this is a magic pen, it would really teach people to paint. That's how "The Legend of the Scholar's Divine Pen" came from the beginning. Zhao Minsheng sighed, "We talked about the general story of this story through the wine, that is, the story of a person who finally rose to prominence through that pen." ”

When Qiao Ran heard this, her eyebrows twisted slightly: "Isn't that the ending of the latest volume?" ”

The girl's words made Zhao Minsheng stunned, and then suddenly looked at her, and a trace of relief flashed in her eyes: "I have also read the book that sells better than the "Biography of the Scholar's Divine Brush", and I thought that the stories of Lord Qiao's investigation in the book were compiled by Miss Xu Shi, who wrote the book, after all, Miss Xu Shi has always been quite famous. However, right now that you are standing in front of me, I know that you in the book are far inferior to the real you, and you are much more powerful than in the book. ”

Such a heartfelt compliment made Qiao Ran stunned, and then thanked him.

Seeing this, Zhen Shiyuan couldn't help but "cough", expressing his sense of existence as a top peak, and then said: "The case of my Dali Temple is naturally not something that Miss Xu Shi, who has never experienced a case, can write. ”

Where did Miss Xu Shi hear about the investigation story come from, I really knew that I heard it from Xu Hexiu with my toes, so one by one it was passed to Miss Xu Shi's ears, plus the writing book arranged the storyline and polished something, can the book be called the story of the female official of Dali Temple investigating the case? That has clearly become "two or three things that the female official of Dali Temple and the Heavenly Master of Yin and Yang have to say". Zhen Shiyuan thought a little too much for a while, and finally helped the book rename, but I don't know why, this name sounds weird and improper.

Really! What is he thinking about at a young age!

Over there, Qiao Ran and Zhao Minsheng were still chatting.

"Yes, this ending is not so much written by Wang Linhan, but what I hope." Zhao Minsheng smiled bitterly, "However, judging by everyone's reactions, I guess I'm not the one who writes the book after all!" ”

"What is in the book is the story, not what really happened," at this time, Qiao Ran didn't care about saying a few more words, "Although many people read the book to pass the time for pastime and relaxation, a good ending is what many people are willing to see, but they also have to see the process." In the story of "The Legend of the Scholar's Divine Pen", the scholar himself has never worked hard, and blindly relies on the help of that magic pen, how many people who have earned so much for nothing are willing to see him have a good ending? ”

Although the story is a story, such a good-for-nothing lazy man will make the world see anger, so the crowd is excited.

"Writing a book should also consider reality, compared to your ending, the ending written by Xue Huai is what I want to see more when I read the book."

Zhao Minsheng was silent, and after a while, he smiled bitterly and said, "I know." From the day the last book came out, I knew that my bookstore had been disrupted. ”

Those who watched "The Legend of the Scholar's Divine Brush" did not want this scholar to have a good ending.

"That day, he was furious after reading the ending written by Wang Linhan, and while saying that I was waiting to ruin his hard work, he quickly calmed down and asked me for money, he asked for too much, Wang Linhan pushed him in anger, and then walked away." Zhao Minsheng talked about the events of that day, and his expression was still a little complicated, "After Wang Linhan left, I told Xue Huai that I wanted him to write another book, but he said that he had made enough money, and he wanted to leave Chang'an and go to Luoyang, Jinling and other places to travel all over the landscape, in order to paint a painting that was truly convincing to the world." ”

"My lord, you can also see that even if the book "The Biography of the Scholar's Divine Writing" has made a lot of money, I am very short of money, except for a few books in the bookstore that make money, the rest are all losing money." Zhao Minsheng mentioned the situation of self-reliance, and couldn't help sighing, "I pride myself on being high and not greedy for money, but it's really hard to move an inch without money." ”

"He made enough money to leave, but he didn't think about the situation I was waiting for, and my whole mind was already in a mess, and I didn't know what to do next." Zhao Minsheng said with emotion, "I was thinking about money at that time, and when I came out in a daze, I saw Xue Huai untie the gauze wrapped around his arm and throw the two pieces of gold into the carriage. ”

“…… Lord Joe, your speculation is almost all right, the man saw the three people jump into the river and left, I only had the two pieces of gold in my heart, when I walked to the river, the coachman and the little guy who happened to jump in were about to climb up, the river was full of moss, and it snowed heavily that day, they climbed several times but did not climb up, and it happened that the little guy saw me and asked me to pull them, and I was born at that time. ”

After that, as Qiao Ran speculated, Zhao Minsheng was ready to start, just in case, he went to light the firecrackers hoarded by Wang Linhan, and ran to the river while everyone was busy, and ran to the river when he saw the excitement in the morning, and pushed the coachman and the little maid with gold pieces to prevent them from going ashore, so that in the end, the two people drowned in the river with exhaustion.

"I was blinded by greed at that time, and I didn't do anything to Xue Huai because he couldn't do it at that time, and he didn't even struggle, I thought he was dead." Zhao Minsheng sighed and said, "Later, I heard that someone finally found them, and Xue Huai was still angry when they were rescued, I panicked at the time, thinking that what I had done was going to be revealed, but I didn't expect Xue Huai to die suddenly." ”

Wang Linhan's push inadvertently helped him.

So far, everything has been explained.

Qiao Ran looked at Zhen Shiyuan, Zhen Shiyuan nodded, took the two gold pieces in his hand, and said, "Close the case!" ”

To be honest, this case is not complicated among so many cases handled by their Dali Temple, and the murderer is not cunning, and the truth of the matter was revealed almost as soon as he was frightened.

I don't know why, at the moment of leaving the prison of Dali Temple, whether it was Zhen Shiyuan or Qiao Ran, their hearts were a little complicated.

It is probably because I have been accustomed to all kinds of conspiracies and intrigues in the past half a year, and this time I encountered such a case that arose out of impulsiveness and greed, but it made people's hearts even more mixed.

"Wang Linhan can still be regarded as manslaughter," Zhen Shiyuan said to Qiao Ran, "This Zhao Minsheng is no longer a villain, he is also an active killer, and the death penalty cannot be escaped." ”

Qiao Ran nodded, and was about to say something, but his eyes suddenly froze, and then he crossed Zhen Shiyuan and looked behind him.

Zhen Shiyuan turned around and looked over after realizing it, but saw that several people in the official robes of the Criminal Department were coming here, led by the second-in-command of the Criminal Department, the waiter of the Criminal Department, Ji Nan, and the official of the Criminal Department who followed several officials of the Criminal Department was Zhou Liang, the leader of the Criminal Department, who had already met several times, and the younger brother of Zhou Dong, the secretary of the Criminal Department.

It can be said that this line of people who came to the Yamen of Dali Temple, except for Zhou Dong, the secretary of the Criminal Department, did not come himself, and he was already enough to give the "face" of the Yamen of Dali Temple.

He can barely recognize all these people, but the girl on the side can't do it, but although he can't recognize them all, his vision is still as "good" as ever, and as soon as she opened her mouth, she pointed out the one who really made the decision: "My lord, who is the one in the middle who is a head and a half taller than you?" ”

The person she pointed out was not someone else, it was Ji Nan.

Such a little bit of accurate ability has always been "impressed" by Zhen Shiyuan.

However, although she was accurate, Zhen Shiyuan, who was about to answer, couldn't help but turn dark when he heard her words: although he felt that his height was not high among the Han people, it was normal, and it was Ji Nan himself who was abnormal. But is it too much to point out that he is "one and a half heads" shorter?

She is not a man, how can she know that men have always attached great importance to such a thing as height.

Although he was angry with the sentence "one and a half heads", in the style of not seeing with juniors and not seeing women in general, Zhen Shiyuan still replied angrily: "Who else can there be?" Ji Nan, the squire of the Criminal Department, the Ji family is very tall, and I heard that the ancestor has married several tall blue-eyed orchids from the Silk Road. ”

Qiao Ran let out an "oh", her eyes wandered around Ji Nan, retracted her gaze, and then consciously walked behind Zhen Shiyuan.

At this time, it would be good for Zhen Shiyuan, the upper peak, to come forward, and it had nothing to do with her.

That Zhen Shiyuan already had a face of "the number one leader of the Yamen of Dali Temple", and spoke up: "Ji Nan, what are you doing with leading people to my Yamen of Dali Temple?" ”

Watching Ji Nan stride in front of him, Zhen Shiyuan's mind inexplicably flashed her sentence of "one and a half heads", and now this "one and a half heads" leaned over and saluted him, and bent down "one and a half heads" as tall as him.

Although there are few people in the court who will be disrespectful to the officials of the Criminal Department, and no one will underestimate this "small" servant of the Criminal Department, but the first order of the official is crushing people, there is no way, at the moment, he Zhen Shiyuan is this official, and the "one and a half heads" can only be as tall as him.

"Lord Zhen." After being as tall for a moment, Ji Nan straightened up, looked down at Zhen Shiyuan and the girl behind him who was not much taller than Zhen Shiyuan.

This scene is inexplicably a little funny, and if you don't look at your face, it's like an adult looking down at two children. Zhou Liang couldn't hold back his laughter with a "poof", and then coughed and hurriedly laughed silently.

"Your Majesty heard that something happened to a student of the Guozi Prison who lived in the Huaiguo Mansion, and the female official Xue begged for it, saying that she was also a child of the Xue family, so Your Majesty asked me to keep an eye on the Criminal Department, and when the case is closed, I will bring all the murderers involved in the three lives of this case back to the Criminal Department." Ji Nan said.

Qiao Ran, who lowered her head, said secretly, "Sure enough", this Ji Nante named all the murderers, obviously not for Wang Linhan, who committed manslaughter, but for Zhao Minsheng.

Arrest Zhao Minsheng...... It's because of the man with the hat! Qiao Ran raised her head and subconsciously glanced at Ji Nan, who was Gao Zhen Shiyuan's "one and a half heads".