Because of the wind and snow of these days, the craftsmen of the craftsman supervision also took a holiday, and they were suddenly caught off guard when they received the news today. It was dark early, and by the time the craftsmen hurried to Lishan, it was already half dark.

This is not the time to be harsh, He Taiping and Zhen Shiyuan did not say any more nonsense with the eunuchs who were the supervisors of the craftsman, pointed directly to the bridge, and said: "Someone is trapped in the building opposite, see when this bridge can be repaired?" ”

Even though they knew before it happened, what they were going to do this time was to repair the bridge. But when he saw it with his own eyes, Eunuch Dong, who led the team, still frowned. The bridge belongs to the chain bridge, the earliest built in the previous dynasty, since the construction of the bridge has also occurred wind and snow to press the bridge, this is not surprising, after all, it is a long-aged old bridge.

Since the establishment of the Great Chu Dynasty, the repair of the bridge has been taken over by the craftsman.

Lishan Que Lou and other places can be rented are not ordinary people, really make trouble, the craftsman supervisor will be held accountable, therefore, the craftsman supervisor has already made a rule every five years will repair a bridge, the last repair of the bridge was three years ago, someone reported that the bridge on one side of the iron cable was broken, lest there be any accident on the top of the report to the craftsman supervisor. Therefore, three years ago, he deliberately led people to build a bridge. With two years to go until the next repair, it stands to reason that there should be no problems with this bridge.

Of course, this is only his estimate, after all, the wind and snow these days are indeed a bit heavy, and it is not impossible to crush the bridge.

"It's impossible to fix it in three or five days." Eunuch Dong squinted at the sky where there was no sign of snow passing through the sky, sighed, and said, "This weather...... Well, I'll do my best. ”

The things that are difficult for a strong man are naturally unavoidable, and He Taiping and Zhen Shiyuan can only let their officials try their best to cooperate with Eunuch Dong.

In the final analysis, the matter of building the bridge still depends on the sky.

The watchman has gone to the bridge.

Zhen Shiyuan and He Taiping's eyes returned to the found corpse again. Knowing that it was a homicide, Zhen Shiyuan naturally wouldn't have taken it without Feng Qizuo before he came, and after he came, the autopsy was naturally taken over by Feng Qizuo. However, Kun Zhi's death did not detect anything special.

was killed by an arrow in the back, without any concealment, and everyone could see it.

However, when the person was found, it was covered by heavy snow, and it can be speculated that Kun Zhi should have died in the first half of the night yesterday. This is also confirmed by the time of death, which was speculated by Feng Qi.

The news of Lishan's accident naturally attracted many people to come, and even the little guy who had been called by Kunzhi to talk was also called over.

"Yesterday, my son-in-law had a dispute with someone during the day, and he left in a bad mood, and when he went back, he remembered that he didn't take the paintbrush and ink paper, so he asked the little one to rush back." The little guy said, reaching out and wiping his sweat.

On this day, he actually broke out in a cold sweat when he asked about the words, Zhen Shiyuan squinted slightly from the sidelines: I was very nervous!

And the son-in-law he said was also invited, wearing a wide-sleeved robe in winter, his face was blue and white, and he didn't know if it was freezing or something else.

The moment he saw the son in the mouth of the little guy, Xu Hexiu, who was squatting next to the corpse, stood up, and his expression became subtle: I originally thought it was a son I didn't know, but I didn't expect it to be Xue Huai, who left yesterday in a negative mood.

What a coincidence!

Obviously, he didn't feel that it was the only one who coincidentally, Zhen Shiyuan had already begun to ask: "Is there any other witness to this matter?" ”

"When I came here with Moshu, all the people were gone, where did I get another witness?" Xue Huai said angrily, "My things were thrown on the ground here at the Snow Viewing Platform, and the people who stayed on the mountain went to the Que Tower." Just as we were packing our things, Na Kunzhi came out and asked us to report the news, and we took it. That's it, nothing else. ”

"Kun Zhi died in the first half of the night, and when the two of you saw Kun Zhi, it means that when you two arrived, the person who left before should have just left." Zhen Shiyuan looked at him and paid attention to the expression on his face, "In this way, you should be able to meet those people who have not left the mountain to go back on the road." That being the case, so many people, why hasn't anyone ever seen you? ”

"It's so dark, who would poke their head out to look at an inconspicuous carriage?" Xue Huai said excitedly, "Isn't it normal not to see me?" ”

Zhen Shiyuan pondered for a moment and nodded: "There is some truth." This reason convinced him, but after a pause, he added, "Is there anyone else in your family who can confirm that you have been back except you and this little guy?" ”

"I never went home, I lived in the school house of Guozijian." I don't know if it was because of the sore spot or something else, Xue Huai's face became more and more ugly, "On this day, the students of Guozijian are all on vacation, how can there be anyone else?" ”

Zhen Shiyuan looked at him for a while, and while he was thinking, he saw Xu Hexiu walking over with a piece of paper full of names in his hand and saying "My lord", and then made a look, Zhen Shiyuan understood his eyes and walked to the side with him.

"Here's a list of people I'm looking for to ask about who left and who stayed." Xu Hexiu handed over the paper as he spoke, and said, "In the Que Tower, in addition to the small servants with him, cooks, maids, and handymen, there are a total of eighteen people who are in charge. ”

Servants, cooks, maids, and handymen are not easy to count for a while, after all, the manpower brought by each family is not clear, and sometimes when they go out to play, some people's homes are even hand-picked manpower. This will not be something that will be able to be verified in a moment.

This list is very important, Zhen Shiyuan responded, nodded, and took it.

Xu Hexiu glanced at Xue Huai, who was standing not far away with a pale face and was very ugly, and said, "This Xue Huai was also present when he had a dispute with someone yesterday, but I know something. ”

Someone saw it with their own eyes, which was naturally a good thing, Zhen Shiyuan couldn't help but glance at him, and said loudly: "You deliberately called me aside, isn't this Xue Huai have something to do with this little guy who died?" ”

"Relationship ......" Xu Hexiu pondered for a moment, paused, and nodded, "Forget it!" ”

What is it called? Zhen Shiyuan's brows were about to tie into a knot: "You make it clear." ”

"This Xue Huai is often teased in Guozijian because he is ambitious and talented in Danqing." Xu and monasticism.

It's not that material, but I want to go that way! Zhen Shiyuan is clear. He does not have an opinion about such a person, on the contrary, if a person can simply like one thing, without any other thoughts, but simply like it, he not only has an opinion, but also has a little appreciation.

If you have to pay attention to the result in everything you do, then you will be too tired to live.

It's just that...... This is just his personal likes and dislikes, Zhen Shiyuan has lived for most of his life, and it is naturally impossible for the official to Dali Siqing not to know the meaning of "Zhi Da Cai Shu" in Xu Hexiu's mouth.

It is impossible for everyone in this world to be a saint, and it is not surprising that Xue Huai will become a laughing stock in the eyes of some people.

"Yesterday, he ordered Kunzhi, a little guy next to my fourth cousin, and asked him to paint with a wax plum vase," Xu Hexiu said, "but he was made fun of by Yu Shihuan." ”

Zhen Shiyuan nodded: "In this way, it can be regarded as a holiday." Saying that, he suddenly said "Huh", lowered his head and looked at the two pieces of paper that Xu Hexiu gave him, and pointed out Yu Shihuan's name from one of the papers, and said, "This Yu Shihuan also stayed in the Que Tower!" ”

Xu Hexiu's eyes swept over the piece of paper, paused for a moment and said, "My fourth cousin is too." ”

This is also a coincidence, of course, compared to anything else, this small coincidence is almost negligible.

His eyes fell on that Xue Huai again and paused for a moment, Zhen Shiyuan couldn't help but rub his chin: "In this way, this Xue Huai is a little suspicious!" ”

If you hold a grudge because you are being teased and made fun of, you may indeed do something if you turn back and do something.

"There is no way to prove when the bridge was broken, and he met Kun Zhi with the little guy next to him, and this is even more true for Kun Zhi." Zhen Shi is far away.

"What the adult said is right, if he holds a grudge and breaks the bridge, and happens to be bumped into by Kun Zhi, it can be explained that he accidentally killed someone in a moment of excitement." Xu He cultivated, "Anyway, this Xue Huai is a little suspicious, and except for his own little servant, no one can confirm whether he has ever been back. ”

There were not a few people who went down the mountain last night, and there were many officials among them, but none of them claimed to have seen him, so it is entirely possible that Xue Huai did not leave, such as hiding at the foot of the mountain or something, and then coming back to take revenge when everyone was almost gone.

"Then this person seems to be a suspect at the moment." Zhen Shiyuan paused as he spoke, and his eyes fell on Xue Huai's body again, "And his expression is not open, his eyes are flickering, and he often looks left and right, not at all as if he has done nothing." ”

Of course, none of these are the suspicions that put him as a suspect, and the most important thing is not this.

"According to what he said, Kun Zhi told him about the rupture of the bridge very early, why didn't this little guy come to the door until dawn to tell him about it?"

That's where the most suspicious thing goes.

Of course, the group of people who went up the mountain yesterday had enough to eat, and for a while, if there were no accidents, they should be able to last for some time. But when a normal person knows about the breakage of the bridge, shouldn't he come back immediately to tell him, and then let the craftsman be the supervisor come over to repair the bridge? The sooner the bridge is built, the sooner people can be brought back.

Why, then, wait until dawn to speak?

There are too many suspicious things.

"With these suspicious things, any yamen can take him into custody." Zhen Shiyuan paused slightly, suddenly "Huh", and asked Xu Hexiu, "His surname is Xue, should he have something to do with the Xue family?" ”

Xue Jiaben is also a well-known veteran nobleman in Chang'an, and his ancestor was also an important minister who fought the world with Emperor Taizong of Great Chu, and his descendants were hereditary Huaiguo Gong. It's just that the deceased old Huaiguo Gong made a big mistake, and the Xue family was almost robbed of the title of the Duke of Guo, but fortunately, the original Xue family's eldest lady Xue Zhixian contributed to His Majesty's accession to the throne, and now she is the most trusted female official in front of His Majesty, and the Xue family has been able to retain the empty shell of the Guogong Mansion.

Originally, everyone thought that the empty shell of Huai Guogong was going to end here, but a few years ago, Lady Xue suddenly picked a child from a side branch of the Xue family to the house, and many people speculated whether the Xue family could attack the lord. However, these have not been confirmed so far, but this sudden move has made many people feel that there is at least a fifty percent chance that the Xue family will attack the lord.

In other words, this child has a fifty percent chance of becoming the future Duke of Huaiguo, and an ordinary civilian child may become the grandfather of the country in the future, which can really be said to be a pie-in-the-sky thing.

Everyone thought that Xue Huai, a commoner, had good luck, but it didn't seem to be the case. The relationship between Xue Huai and Xue Female Official seems to be very weak, and he rarely goes home since he came to Guozijian, and often lives in Guozijian School for a long time.

Because he has been a classmate for a few years, Xu Hexiu also knows a little about Xue Huai, and after telling these things, he said: "Therefore, it is not surprising that this Xue Huai will return to the school supervision house." "He rarely goes back to the Xue Mansion, but the Xue Mansion has never shorted him in the matter of money.

"Then I can't blame others, if he doesn't go back to Xue's house, there will be no one to prove that he has gone back." Zhen Shiyuan raised his hand as he spoke, and Xue Huai's exclamations and angry curses sounded, and he turned his head and asked people to take Xue Huai back to Dali Temple.

With Xue Huai's special identity, involving the Xue family, and not an official body, apart from his Dali Temple, which yamen can take this case?

Aren't all those rabbits in the yamen saying that they have nothing to do? Now there's something. Zhen Shi gathered his robe, the sky was getting dark, and the Lanyuntai Que Tower in the wind and snow was also lit up.

From a distance, this lonely tower really has a bit of the taste of the heavenly palace.

"It's better not to have anything happen there." He looked at Kun Zhi, who was lying in the snow covered with a white cloth, and sighed.

……

"No one has been sick for a while." Zhou Shilin said.

In the twilight, Zhou Shilin and Bai Zhijun walked into the West Pavilion with Zhang Jie.

Since Master Qiao moved in, the small kitchen in the West Pavilion has been reused, and it is not yet time to eat, but the two girls there, one big and one young, are already sitting and waiting for dinner.

The little one covered his mouth and whispered in the big ear, causing the two of them to laugh, which made the few people who had just seen the tragic illness of the officers and soldiers feel a sense of relief.

I've just seen such a heavy purgatory-like scene, and such warmth has dispelled a bit of the chill from the soles of my feet.

Seeing them coming, Qiao Ran reached out and poured them a cup of hot tea.

"No one continues to get sick, which shows that the Great Inspector is doing the right thing." Obviously, the girl also heard the words before entering the door.

Such praise did not make Zhou Shilin feel happy, but sighed and said: "Only by completely solving the troubles of Shanxi Road can this matter be eradicated." ”

"I asked," Zhang Xie took the tea she handed over, his brows furrowed slightly, and his expression was solemn, "The officers and soldiers of the first team who were infected did not have any memory of that night after they were cured. ”

Obviously, it was impossible to tell from the mouths of those officers and soldiers how they contracted the disease that night.

This answer is actually not surprising, since the other party sees that he wants to do it, it is naturally impossible for them to solve this matter so easily.

There is too little to know about this matter now, and there is nothing more to say.

After being quiet for a while, Qiao Ran pointed to the thick stack of sorted account books on the table next to him, and said, "I have finished reading the account books, and the Great Inspector can take them back." ”

Is it that fast? Zhou Shilin looked at her suspiciously: Can you finish reading it in one day?

However, he obviously didn't think it was useful to look through the account books, so since the other party said "read it", then let her finish it! Left, she doesn't need these account books. Zhou Shilin asked the officers and soldiers around him to move the account books back.

After the account books were removed, Qiao Ran looked at everyone and said, "Tomorrow, I want to go shopping on the street." ”