It was a false alarm. Zhou Shilin breathed a sigh of relief, and turned his head to look at Qiao Ran: I heard her say that Master Qian couldn't have an accident, and the person on the back foot fainted. has been locked up for so many days, but she has an accident when she mentions it. That's really ......

With a calm look on the girl's face, Zhou Shilin coughed and said, "I'll go and see first, you guys are waiting here." ”

Qiao Ran responded with a smile.

After Zhou Shilin left, Pei Qingqing couldn't help but say: "Miss Qiao, look at the appearance of this great superintendent, as if that Lord Qian is what you said was sick." ”

That look like a broom star, really.

Qiao Ran didn't care, only smiled and touched the ball on her head, and then said lightly: "With that Miss Yuan here, no matter what kind of illness Master Qian is, he can be called nothing." ”

Qiao Ran was obviously not the only one who thought like this, Zhou Shilin just went out, and remembered such a miracle doctor beside him, so he turned his head and went to the hotel where Yuan Jiaojiao was, and then took Yuan Jiaojiao to the prison.

Just in case, let's take Miss Yuan with you, after all, this surnamed Qian can't have an accident now.

Time flies.

As soon as Zhou Shilin left, the restaurant was a lot quieter, and Pei Qingqing, who was bored and drowsy, yawned.

Suddenly, a voice sounded in my ears.

"It's time for Shen."

It was Miss Qiao's voice, and Pei Qingqing, whose head was like a chicken meter by meter, woke up suddenly, and when she saw Qiao Ran get up, she instinctively stood up.

"People should be back," Qiao Ran said, turning to look at Zhang Xie and Bai Zhijun who had put down the charcoal, "Come with me to arrest people!" ”

Seeing that the two people who put down the charcoal came over, Pei Qingqing, who woke up like a dream, said "oh", and did not forget to tighten Qiao Ran's clothes while not forgetting to ask: "Who are you arresting?" ”

"Murderer." The girl smiled at her and led her out of the hotel, towards the west building.

The West Pavilion is the hotel where they live.

Pei Qingqing pursed her lips tightly, quietly wiped the sweat from her palms, and continued to grasp the hem of her clothes, crying in her heart: again, once again because she was not smart enough to be incompatible with them.

Because she originally said that she would not come back until the time of the unitary, but at this time, when it was not enough, several people suddenly appeared, and the Qianniang in charge was immediately startled.

Subconsciously glanced at the situation in the hall, several maids took the fruits and vegetables they brought into the small kitchen to prepare for cooking, and the mud-stained melons and fruits were piled on the ground.

But the matter has come to this point, and she can only bite the bullet, and Qianniang stepped forward to admit her mistake.

Qiao Ran smiled and waved her hand: "Don't worry, we'll go back early." Are you preparing for the evening? ”

Seeing that she didn't blame, Qianniang breathed a sigh of relief and said yes in response.

The dinner of the Shanxi Road Pavilion is placed at the time of the unitary, the lunch is placed at noon, plus the packing of something, in the Su Ri, the maid only has an hour to rest, and when it comes to Shen, he will come back to prepare for dinner.

Such schedules are common and not complicated.

After responding, seeing that this young but not small Lord Qiao was looking at a few maids who were about to carry melons, fruits and vegetables into the kitchen with a smile, Qianniang was shocked, lest these maids have collided with this Lord Qiao, and hurriedly shouted: "What are you still doing?" Hurry up and move things in! ”

These melons, fruits and vegetables mixed with mud are fresh and fresh, but they are a little dirty, and most of the adults who come to stay in the hotel are noble, and I am afraid they have not been stained with this muddy thing.

After drinking, several maids were startled, and hurriedly carried the basket to the small kitchen, but heard someone shouting "Wait".

It was Master Joe who shouted. Qianniang's face turned pale, and she hurriedly looked at Qiao Ran: "Master Qiao, but what's wrong?" ”

"No, no." The Master Qiao smiled and waved his hand, his eyes swept around the maids in the hall, and then turned to point to two of them, and said, "What are the names of these two girls?" ”

Why do you still need to ask for a name? Is it because Master Qiao is taking a fancy to serve people?

Qianniang's heart was sour: Compared with the rough work of kitchen and cleaning, serving the master in the hotel is obviously a good job, especially for a clean and beautiful girl in front of her, this job can be said to be easy.

It's just that it's not her who has fallen into the eyes of adults, it's these two girls.

Qianniang frowned, but the adult was in front of her, and she could only look at the two maids, and said, "This is called Caigua," she said and pointed to one of the maids, turned her head and pointed to the other maid, and said, "That one is called Ah Xiu." ”

I don't know which one the adults fancied, is it Ah Xiu? After all, the stupid appearance of the vegetable melon really can't get into people's eyes.

Qiao Ran nodded, then glanced at Zhang Xie and Bai Zhijun on the side with a smile, and said, "Take down the people!" ”

Qianniang only felt a flower in front of her, as if there was a gust of wind around her, she instinctively took two steps back, and then was firmly supported by a hand.

It was ...... who held her up. Mistress Joe.

Qianniang was startled, and was panicked to thank her, when a slightly panicked voice had sounded.

"My lord, what do you do to catch slaves and maids?" Sure enough, Ah Xiu, who was "fancied", had been restrained by that Zhang Tianshi and General Bai, and the basket that was originally held in his hand was thrown aside, and the radishes, cabbage, and eggplants in the basket rolled to the ground.

This situation is chaotic but also gives people a sense of powerlessness.

And Ah Xiu himself, who was restrained, was also panicked and trembling like a frosted eggplant at this time.

Qianniang was dumbfounded: This is not the same as she thought!

"Why don't you know?" Master Qiao, who was standing on the side and supporting her, withdrew his hand, walked up to Ah Xiu, looked at her with a smile, paused, and said in a surprising voice, "Who instructed you to assassinate General Gu and Lord Zhao?" ”

Everyone in the museum was already stunned, looking at the scene in front of them in a daze.

What did Master Joe say? Ah Xiu is an assassin? That sounds scary!

It's just this assassin...... Assassins with turnips, cabbage, and eggplants rolling to the ground?

And this assassin was caught all of a sudden without saying a word? It's too easy to catch the assassins! How did the previous Grand Overseer look so scary?

"Your Excellency has wronged!" Restrained and unable to move, Ah Xiu exclaimed, "The slave is not an assassin!" ”

Qiao Ran glanced at her, turned around and walked to the room with clutter in the corner, and after a while, she walked out of the room with an umbrella and threw the umbrella in front of Ah Xiu, she snorted lightly: "Aren't you still recruiting?" ”

The moment he saw the umbrella, Ah Xiu's eyes froze, but he still instinctively exclaimed: "My lord has wronged ......"

"Your assassination method is already known to the official, and it will be meaningless to shout about wrongdoing." Qiao Ran looked at her as she spoke, and said, "The snow outside has not melted, you and that vegetable melon have changed into waterproof fur boots, and you haven't changed your shoes yet, so it can be seen that the two of you have been out of the hotel today!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Qianniang, who was stunned on the side, hurriedly said: "What Master Qiao said is right, the two of them took an hour's leave today. ”

Qiao Ran said: "This official originally planned to travel today, but you also took a leave of absence to travel, what a coincidence." ”

The maid who was still holding a basket of vegetables and melons in her hand was stunned when she heard this, and instinctively blurted out: "I'll go home to see my mother." ”

Ah Xiu said: "I ...... too"

"This is a coincidence," Qiao Ran unceremoniously interrupted Ah Xiu's words, and said, "You also took leave on the day General Gu and Lord Zhao traveled, isn't it also a coincidence?" ”

The girl said and pushed the umbrella in front of Ah Xiu, and said lightly: "The assassin seen by the little guy next to Lord Zhao is a trick, and the one who can do all this must be the people in the hotel, so the real murderer must have borrowed some kind of identity in the hotel, I asked Zhou Shilin to enter the roster to check, and there were three people who traveled that day and were arranged to work here at that time." But you were the only one who was sick for a few days after that day, and I began to doubt you from then on. ”

"Generally speaking, after the assassination is successful, you have to run away, and I guess you were preparing to flee in the days when you called yourself sick. Only later did you come back, I think it was because you found that your plan was seamless with the planting, and Zhou Shilin was not good at investigating people and solving cases, so he came back. ”

"Such an act is not unbold." The girl said, suddenly laughing again, "But the most important reason why you stayed is not because of the courage of the artist, but because you are ready to do the same to the officials who will settle in the hotel next, you went out today to deal with me!" ”

It's a pity that she didn't go out at all today, but nested in Zhou Shilin's place, and the act of saying that she wanted to travel in front of everyone in the hotel that day was just to lure the snake out of the hole.

Naturally, things that are useful should be used more.

A hidden murder method that will not be discovered, and the murderer is naturally ready to do it again when he returns.

Ah Xiu moved his lips, his face turned pale, his eyes flashed, and the next moment he heard a "click", Ah Xiu's jaw suddenly became weird, Zhang Xie took away the hand that pinched Ah Xiu's chin, and said leisurely: "The teeth hide poison, you can't let her kill herself." ”

The maids and maids were even more dazed: just ...... Such? It's not as exciting as I imagined! Except for the moment when I caught Ah Xiu, it was too bland!

can't even kill himself, Ah Xiu's gaze almost wants to breathe fire.

But no one cared, Bai Zhijun had already asked the official to take the shackles and tie up Ah Xiu, and then looked at the stunned Qianniang with a pleasant face, and said, "Clean up and do things!" ”

This sound brought Qianniang back to her senses.

Really...... Is this the end?

This assassin is easy to point, easy to catch, and easy to tie. It's so easy that it's completely different from what she thought!

……

……

Easy? Heavy snow covers the mountain, and it is not easy to repair the bridge, but those who are blocked in the tower are not ordinary people. Zhen Shiyuan frowned and walked to Eunuch Dong's side and said, "Eunuch Dong, how long will it take for this bridge to be repaired?" ”

Holding the charcoal pen in his hand and exhaling a breath of white gas as soon as he opened his mouth, Eunuch Dong glanced at him and said, "I don't know either." He said and pointed to the craftsman who was erecting a wooden stake on the edge of the cliff and said, "You can also see that my craftsman is working day and night, all the time, don't force people to make it difficult!" ”

"It's not the official who forced you." Zhen Shiyuan said and glanced at the Que Tower in the distance.

It's the family behind those people in the building.

The child is not sensible, and the family is worried!

"I know." Eunuch Dong said without raising his eyebrows, and continued, "But it's the same thing about forcing me to die, I can't do it soon." ”

Zhen Shiyuan said: "Can't I give you some more manpower?" ”

"If cats and dogs can do it, why do you need to ask us to be the overseer?" Eunuch Dong turned the charcoal pen, glanced at him with a smile, and said, "This Qin Tianjian has said that you should not travel at will on a snowy day, and do not go to dangerous places in mountains and rivers to avoid accidents. I still have to go my own way, and even several of my craftsmen and prisoners have been injured and sick in the past few days, and I have not blamed anything! ”

The tone is full of complaints, but who doesn't want to complain? Zhen Shiyuan squinted at him: "It's useless for you to say this to me, if you want to say it, you have to say it with Your Majesty." ”

"If it's really useful, I'll tell Your Majesty." Eunuch Dong shook his head as he spoke, turned around and walked to the edge of the cliff. These craftsmen don't care about the wind and snow, and they can't ask the people under the prosperous era not to look at the beauty of the mountains and rivers!

At this point, it's useless to complain, it's just a matter of trouble, so let's repair the bridge!

Zhen Shiyuan took a deep breath in place with his hands in his hands, and was about to say something, when he suddenly heard a noise behind him.

He hurriedly looked back, but saw several officials gathered around excitedly, shouting: "There is a discovery!" ”

Got a discovery? Zhen Shiyuan's eyes lit up and strode over.

When the official saw that it was him, he hurriedly made a way, and Tang Zhongyuan, who was surrounded by the crowd, was holding a crossbow arrow mechanism in his hand, and when he saw him coming, he hurriedly presented it and said, "My lord, I just found out." ”

This place is not far from the viewing platform where Kunzhi's body was found, and it is very likely that Kunzhi was killed by an arrow in the back, coupled with the crossbow arrow mechanism that is completely within the range.

It's just that it is not easy to find such a murder weapon from the mountains and fields on a snowy day.

"Well done!" Zhen Shiyuan took the crossbow arrow and did not forget to praise Tang Zhongyuan.

is worthy of being a henchman he vigorously cultivated, so capable, and he will not forget that he brought him all the way from Jinling to Chang'an.

"This thing is from the National Prison." Tang Zhongyuan remembered the mark of Guozijian at the corner of the crossbow and arrow mechanism, and said, "It seems to be used to teach students to ride and shoot." ”

Once, Miss Qiao was busy with her and asked him to help visit Qiao Shu, when Qiao Shu was taking a riding and archery lesson in Guozijian, and he saw the teaching official holding a crossbow and arrow to teach them how to use it.

The crossbow bolt mechanism used for teaching is the simplest, and it can be said that it can be used with a little study. And the crossbow mechanism does not need to be vigorously filled with bows and arrows, even a weaker one, such as a scholar and the like, can also make it move.

The thing is from Guozijian, plus the crossbow and arrow mechanism used by Xue Huai, which can almost confirm Xue Huai's suspicion.

Zhen Shiyuan handed over the crossbow and arrow mechanism to Tang Zhongyuan and asked him to put it away, and then said: "Go to Guozi to check whether this Xue Huai has borrowed the crossbow and arrow mechanism, and where is his own crossbow and arrow mechanism." If you can't tell you why, you can interrogate him. ”

Originally, Xue Huai was arrested only for questioning, and for ordinary suspects, Dali Temple did not have the right to move the punishment, but could only interrogate. Some of the suspects cooperated, so they were recruited, but most of the suspects did not cooperate. When the evidence is conclusive and the suspect is considered to be important, he can be arraigned, and if the suspect does not cooperate, he can be punished. Of course, if the suspect still refuses to say it, then the criminal department may be allowed to intervene, and then it will not be a question of whether to say it or not.

And after this Xue Huai was arrested in Dali Temple, he obviously did not belong to the group of people who cooperated. Since entering, he has not said a word.

This kind of person, Zhen Shi has a lot of foresight, and he has long been accustomed to it, and with the clue of the crossbow and arrow mechanism, he can interrogate this Xue Huai overnight.

"Tang Zhongyuan, you take a few people back to Dali Temple with me."

Kun Zhi's death, so far, except for the teahouse tavern idle and nothing to mess around, nothing has happened, after all, it is just a small house, and it is just a trivial matter in the eyes of most people.

can make a big fuss, purely in recent times, Chang'an has nothing to do, and the people are panicking. And this case, so far, the people are mostly in the mood to watch the excitement, a small guy died, and it is not a difficult big case, I heard that the suspects have been caught, what is the meaning of the case? Isn't it more fun to watch the excitement than to watch the case?

I just don't know why his eyelids still keep jumping, and he always feels as if something is missing.

It's not something that's missing! Be...... Person. Zhen Shiyuan was a little blindsided by the wind and snow blowing in his face. The day before yesterday, when His Majesty was in the early court, Taiwei Xie, who had nothing to do with him, stopped him for the first time and praised him for having a good subordinate, that is, he did not forget his peak on Shanxi Road.

It's obvious who you're talking about! Apparently the girl.

It's just that why did Taiwei Xie suddenly say that? Zhen Shiyuan felt a little panicked.