At this time, Niu Er was a mallet, and he also heard that something was wrong. In addition, the brothers in the fast class were far away from Niu Er, looking at him with some inappropriate eyes, he opened his mouth, and people who don't talk much on weekdays couldn't say a word at this time.

"Second Brother Niu, let's go out first, leave a few brothers here to help out, see how to bury a small burial, how to bury a big funeral, you can't keep people like this."

Although Jian Qing was a small gesture, she only gave one or two pieces of silver to lay the ceremony, and her words were indeed thinking about the Li family, and Li Zhang's family and her mother-in-law could still listen to it.

Jian Qing pulled Niu Er out, and before Niu Er left, he asked Shi Yan to take someone to help the Li family with the funeral.

The two of them stood under the big elm money tree in front of the Li family, and Niu Er asked Jian Qing, "Brother Jane, you are smarter than me, did you hear that tigress scolding me just now?" ”

Jian Qing pondered for a moment, and said embarrassedly, "Second Brother Niu, in fact, you don't have to blame the sister-in-law of the Li family, think about it, everyone ate wine together in the Yulou, but Li Tou'er drank a glass of poisonous wine and died, the position of his team leader is yours, although it was ordered by the county master, but it is inevitable that some short-sighted people will be suspicious because of jealousy, thinking that you did something in the middle?" ”

Niu Er slapped his thigh, "Isn't this a frame-up?" However, wasn't that cup of poisoned wine intended for you to drink in the first place, Brother Jane? ”

Jian Qing's face was impassive, and he said with a smile, "Second Brother Niu, whenever he hurts someone's life, he always wants to do something, right?" That glass of wine looked like it was going to be drunk for me, but if Second Brother Niu thought about it, what good was that person who poisoned me? On the contrary, it is the position of the head of Brother Li's team, with a salary of ten taels of silver a year, and if Second Brother Niu is an ordinary servant, he will be five taels of silver a year, which is only slightly better than the younger brother's work. ”

Jian Qing smiled, "Can others not be suspicious?" ”

If the profession of government servant is in some wealthy prefectures and counties, they do not have to live on salaries, and their main source of income comes from bribery. As long as they send errands, they can get bribes, and the fares, donkey fees, shoes and socks fees, meals and tea money collected from the parties concerned by the government officials are all "normal charges".

But what is Lingqiu? In the border city and far county, the people themselves are so poor that they have eaten the last meal but not the next meal, where can they get money to bribe Niu Er and these people?

Niu Er was pulled by Jian Qing a little, and suddenly, the more he thought about it, the more he felt wronged and wronged, and stomped his feet and swore to Jian Qing, "I really didn't do it, Brother Jane, you have to believe me!" ”

"The younger brother naturally believes in the second team of the cow, but in this Lingqiu County, whether everyone believes in the second team of the cow, it is difficult to say." Jian Qing raised his eyebrows and thought for a while, "The little brother is worried that today's words of Sister-in-law Li and their words will spread sooner or later, one ten, ten hundreds, and finally to Aunt Niu's ears, it will not be good." ”

Niu Er is a filial son, and when he heard that his mother might hear this, on a cold day, beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, and he said hurriedly, "Little brother, you have to think of a way for the eldest brother!" ”

Jian Qing was quite embarrassed, "I helped Second Brother Niu think about this matter last night, and I really don't have any good ideas!" ”

"Brother Jane, among our brothers, your brain is the most alive, even the county lord said so. After you solved the case of Xinglai Inn yesterday, who in Manlingqiu County didn't praise you for your young talent? I heard that a big man from the county government also inquired about Brother Jane. You have to say, you can't help my brother in this matter, my brother doesn't believe it. Unless......" Niu Er stared at Jian Qing, "Unless Brother Jian, you also think that Li Tou'er was killed by me?" ”

Jian Qing hurriedly waved his hand, "No, no, no, Second Brother Niu, where do you put your brother like this?" You just said that the brother has a good brain, if you really doubt the second brother Niu so much, then the brother is a pig brain! ”

Niu Er was really happy to hear this, "So, Brother Jian is planning to help my brother?" ”

"Speaking of which, the best way to make it has always been the simplest, if you want to clear the suspicion of Second Brother Niu, there is only one way, however, this method may be a bit troublesome."

"It's troublesome, it's troublesome, and it's nothing to do now. Brother Jane, you say, as long as you can clear your brother's suspicions, your brother is willing to go up the knife mountain and go down to the sea of fire. Niu Er patted his chest and slapped the package ticket.

Jian Qing breathed a sigh of relief, "The plan for today is to find out who killed Li Bantou, I think, this is the only way, as long as the real murderer is found, who dares to suspect Second Brother Niu?" Seeing that Niu Er's face showed embarrassment, Jian Qing hurriedly said, "This is also a brotherhood, the only thing we can do for Li Tou'er, think about how he took care of our brothers in the first place?" Besides, only in this way can Aunt Niu explain! ”

"That's it!" Niu Er clenched his fist with his right hand, struck a blow in the palm of his left hand, and made up his mind, "When it comes to investigating the case, who else can compare to Brother Jane?" In this matter, there is the help of the Lao Jian brothers. ”

"I can't talk about helping, but I'm also thinking about Second Brother Niu. Regarding this case, I privately taught Second Brother Niu how to investigate, Second Brother Niu should not say that it was a brother's idea to the outside world, this has two advantages, first, Second Brother Niu is a new official, once this case is found out, in order to establish authority, if someone in the fast class disagrees with Second Brother Niu, he has nothing to say; Second, Second Brother Niu personally found out the murderer, who will dare to suspect Second Brother Niu in the future? ”

Concisely, he is thinking about Niu Er everywhere, and he is also reasonable everywhere, and he is impeccable left and right. Niu Er was grateful, and hurriedly asked, "Then what should I do now?" ”

"Check the arsenic first, and several crude drug shops in the county have gone to ask, who has bought arsenic recently? There should be a record in the pharmacy, and secondly, the origin of the cup of poisoned wine last night, when these two things are clarified, there will be eyebrows. Jian Qing said in a serious tone, "Second Brother Niu must remember one thing, but every case is nothing more than the investigation of the murderer and the murder weapon, and the evidence is all around these two, and everything is clear." ”

Jian Qing smiled, "Little brother, this is a bit of a big knife in front of Guan Gong, Second Brother Niu has a lot of responsibility, I only heard these words from my father yesterday, and I said one more word when my ears were hot." ”

Niu Er is already convinced by Jian Qingxin, where is the accounting? However, he had never been able to listen to some insightful opinions, thanked Jian Qing for a few words, and hurriedly said, "I'll call the two brothers, and we'll go and investigate this case together." ”

Niu Er was about to go in, Jian Qing grabbed his wrist, "Second Brother Niu, this case, if the county lord does not have an explicit order, we can only investigate it quietly, and the fewer people who know, the better." ”

"Why is that?"

Jian Qing thought about it and decided to dial him, "Although the county lord said that he would let the second brother Niu take the lead in investigating the case, but you think that if there is a murder, even if the county lord does not end up in person, he will also assign the county lord or the master." There is no way to let us quickly investigate the case by ourselves. The younger brother is worried that if the second brother Niu takes office as a new official, if he does not figure out his thoughts about the county lord at this point, the future of the second brother Niu will be hindered. This is a little selfishness of the younger brother. ”

Although Niu Er didn't understand, he was so moved that he burst into tears, "Everything is up to Brother Jane!" ”