Zhao Baiquan was drenched in the autumn rain on the street all night, and there was nowhere to avoid it. He patted the door of the pharmacy for a long time but no one answered, and then he passed out at the door of the pharmacy. The next day, when the pharmacy opened and found him, he had already developed a high fever, and the man brought him to the store to move a chair for him to sit on, and treated him, but found that he was just catching a cold, and he also woke up in a daze, took out money, and asked someone to take care of him.

The men took him to the bed where the boys slept in the back hall and let him lie down for a while, gave him a decoction to ward off the cold and let him drink it, and covered him with a quilt to sweat, and he slept for a while, sweating profusely, and finally woke up after an hour, so he grabbed a few more doses of medicine and brought it back.

On the way, I passed by the breakfast stall and ate breakfast, met the candied fruit shop and bought a lot of candied fruit, and returned to the inn unhurriedly along the way.

There was something strange in the inn, there were a lot of catchers in the backyard, and the guests were also crowded in the yard, Zhao Baiquan couldn't squeeze in front, so he pulled a little second next to him and asked, "Little second brother, what's wrong?" As soon as Xiao Er turned his head and saw that it was him, he was immediately so frightened that his eyes were about to fall out, and he screamed: "That woman's husband is back!"

As soon as this voice came out, countless eyes immediately glared at him, and everyone immediately avoided as if they were hiding from something dirty, and a path opened in front of him.

Only then did he see the door of his room open wide, and it was Zhang Qin, the county magistrate of Anning County, and Xu Yin, who were standing inside.

Zhang Qin looked out and immediately shouted: "Take it for me!" "A group of servants outside quickly rushed up and grabbed Zhao Baiquan, Zhao Baiquan was excited, his hands shook, the medicine and snacks in his hands fell to the ground, he was pressed to the ground by three messengers, and shouted: "My lord, my lord, what happened, why did you arrest me,"

Zhang Qin didn't answer, and ordered the messenger to bring him in, pointing to Luan Xiang'er, who was already dead on the bed, and said, "Is this person your wife?" ”

Zhao Baiquan pretended to be stunned, pushed the woman on the bed, and whispered with a look of disbelief: "Lady, lady!" Wife...... What's wrong with you, my God! Who did this, my God, it's over, it's all over now, mother, you open your eyes, it's all my fault that I'm wrong, it's me who is wrong, why do you want to kill yourself......"

His tears came as soon as he said it, as if he didn't want money, and immediately he wailed and cried, and he almost fainted from crying.

"You say your wife committed suicide? But yesterday, someone saw you having an argument with your wife. ”

Zhao Baiquan cried: "We had a dispute, you see the injuries on my face, they were all caught last night, but ...... But last night she kicked me out, and I ...... I was fine when I left, I don't know what happened. ”

Xu Yin whispered in Zhang Qin's ear: "The deceased has a wound on his face, he was beaten with his hands, and two teeth fell from his mouth, but looking at the face of this minister, he doesn't look like a person who can do such a ruthless thing. ”

Zhang Qin looked at Zhao Baiquan on the ground, then looked at the deceased and said, "Come on, lock this person, and carry the dead body away." Zhao Baiquan suddenly grabbed the county master and said: "My lord, the dead body can be carried away, but this woman's status is precious, and I can talk to the adult in detail when I return to the county office, but at this time, the adult must not act hastily, and must find a few brave women to help." ”

Zhang Qin raised his eyebrows: "Status? Zhao Baiquan said: "If you are reckless, even if it is a corpse, it is enough for you to lose your official position and be charged with a big crime, and it is difficult to say whether you can save your life." Zhang Qin was so frightened when he heard this that the black gauze hat on his head almost flew up, and asked cautiously: "Are you from the capital?" Zhao Baiquan didn't speak, suddenly turned around and cried: "My lady, my lord, you must avenge the small people!" ”

Zhang Qin saw that everyone was staring at them, and knew that it would be inconvenient to talk more about the people in this place, so he stomped his feet and shouted: "What are you doing in a daze, why don't you go and recruit someone to find something to carry the corpse!" ”

The messenger quickly found someone, and the two women moved the body to the door panel, and the messenger sealed the guest room, and Zhao Baiquan followed them in shackles and escorted away.

After arriving at the county office and settling the body, Zhang Qin called Zhao Baiquan and his master together and closed the doors and windows. Zhao Baiquan sat down in the room, Zhang Qin couldn't hold back, and couldn't wait to ask, "Who is the one who died?" Zhao Baiquan still covered his face and said sadly: "The one who died was the youngest daughter of the prime minister's family, and Luan Xiang'er, the sister of the current queen's mother!" Zhang Qin panicked, almost sat on the ground, his mind was blank in an instant, the master on the side hurriedly supported him, he didn't fall, he sat on the chair tremblingly, raised his hand and pointed at Zhao Baiquan almost hysterically: "You...... Is that true? ”

Zhao Baiquan stomped his feet anxiously and cried: "It's all come to this point, what am I still lying to you for, now not only the county lord you want to finish, but I also want to finish, if you can't find the real murderer, you can't solve this case, and when Prime Minister Luan knows about it, we all have to accompany the funeral!" ”

Zhang Qin saw that what Zhao Baiquan said was not like a lie, the current prime minister is in a high position and has one hand to cover the sky, and anyone with a black veil on his head knows like a mirror in his heart, even if he offends the emperor, he can't offend Prime Minister Luan, and now his daughter is dying in Anning County, he only feels that the chill swept over his body, and the cold hair stood up.

He panicked all of a sudden, and muttered to himself: "It's over, everyone knows that Prime Minister Luan has no children, the Luan family has no descendants to this day, his eldest daughter entered the palace and became the queen, I really hope that this little daughter can renew the incense for his Luan family, and now he died without leaving an heir, God, the prime minister is angry, and the entire Anning County must not be flattened?" It's not enough for me to die 10,000 times! You're right, we have to find out the real culprit! ”

Zhao Baiquan said: "Yes, only if we find the real murderer, we can save our lives." ”

"Survival?"

Zhao Baiquan nodded and said, "Yes, save your life." It's really hard to say about this black yarn on the master's head. ”

Zhang Qin stomped his feet and said, "Hey, it's okay, if such a big thing happens, it's good to be able to save your life." ”

The master was quite scheming, and said, "Wait Zhao Baiquan, how dare you say that Miss Luan was not killed by you?" The time when the corpse died was about the same as the time you left, and the guests in the room did not hear the noise, and the room was neatly organized, where did you two quarrel? ”

Zhao Baiquan said: "It was thunder and rain last night, and we quarreled late at night, he was already asleep, where can I still hear it?" What's more, when he saw me, I was afraid of being embarrassed, so I ran away secretly and never came back, you wronged me as a murderer, but there is no full evidence! I slept all night in front of the pharmacy last night, froze all night, and this morning I was still in a coma, and the owner of the pharmacy can testify to me. ”

The master was speechless for a while, and Zhao Baiquan continued: "If you doubt me here, it is better to suspect the person who had a dispute with my wife yesterday." I was ordered by the prime minister to secretly visit a case, my wife followed, when I found a witness to interrogate, I suspected that I had someone else, so I argued with the woman, my wife was anxious to expose the woman's background, she was a prostitute in the spring Yingyuan in this city, because she was not famous and beautiful, she was not found out in this Anning County for so long. Speaking of this woman, my lord, you should have heard that the only nameless school in the city, she is the female gentleman, and she still has some face in your Anning County, and the woman felt that she had lost face and beat my lady angrily. She is born with divine powers, when there are many people present, the matter is not small, there are many people who can testify to me, you doubt me, it is better to doubt that woman. ”

The master said, "Mr. Xiao? He knew this woman, and many sons of wealthy businessmen in the county had sent her for training, and he still felt admiration at the time, but now that he thinks about it, this thing is really disgusting.

There was such a bad thing on the territory under his jurisdiction, Zhang Qin really wanted to find a place to hang himself immediately!

What a shame! If anyone suspects that he is having an affair with a prostitute, he will be disgraced!

"This ...... This, this, this! It's really unreasonable, master, call someone immediately, call someone to escort that back immediately! Zhang Qin was so dizzy that the master said: "Don't worry, don't worry, I'll find someone to visit immediately." The master then said to Zhao Baiquan: "Lord Zhao, then please hurry up and send a letter to the capital to inform the prime minister of this, and ask Lord Zhao to say a few kind words for our master, and we will send someone to send it quickly." Zhao Baiquan said: "Okay." ”

Then the master pulled Zhang Qin out. After the two came out, they sent two messengers to guard Zhao Baiquan's house, and the master analyzed with him: "If you want me to say, this matter has nothing to do with that Zhao Baiquan, the guy in the store where they stayed said that Miss Luan's temper was very bad, and she scolded Zhao Baiquan in front of everyone on the day she first came, Zhao Baiquan is also very thick-skinned, and he can still greet him with a smile when he is beaten and scolded by that woman like this, if he is not born a cheap species, then he is holding revenge in his heart." ”

Zhang Qin said: "Why didn't you say this?" ”

The master sighed: "My lord, I can't say it, this Zhao Baiquan is very cunning, I think about this matter very complicated, even if I say it, I can't ask him, I'm afraid that he even pretended to quarrel last night, he thought of all the back roads, we have no evidence." If you want me to say, it's better to find that Xiao Wei, use her as a scapegoat, and make the prime minister angry, and we will all be safe. ”

Zhang Qin said: "The prime minister is not easy to deal with, so is this Xiao Wei easy to deal with, Zhao Baiquan just said that she is infinitely powerful and difficult to deal with?" ”

The master said: "My lord, there is no other way now, she is infinitely powerful, she knows kung fu, doesn't that just say that Yin is her hand, and she sneaked into the inn and killed Miss Luan unconsciously?" If she dares to be arrested, if she dares to escape if she is alive, we will simply insist that the murderer is her in front of the Prime Minister, and let the Prime Minister issue a sea arrest document to arrest her, even if she is not easy to deal with, she is just a helpless woman. ”

Zhang Qin took a deep breath. When he spit it out again, his voice trembled and nodded: "That's what you said, that's the truth." Well, just do as you say. By the way, this matter has to be discussed with Zhao Baiquan, lest he sell us in the end in order to protect himself! The master nodded again and again in agreement: "Okay, sir, don't worry." ”