Chapter 0112 Night Detective
Li Moyi stayed in this mansion because he also planned to check Liu Zhuang's body.
With this performance just now, Master Jiang didn't dare to underestimate Li Moyi, this young man who was dressed in ordinary cloth clothes, but had an extraordinary spirit, had an unfathomable bearing in every move, I really don't know where the monster came from!
Liu Zhuang is a farmer who grows crops, and according to the records on the autopsy papers, it is not difficult to identify, and he has already let the old man pick it out.
It's just that the skin of the corpse was burned, and there is no way to identify whether he committed suicide, or was strangled by someone, and then disguised as suicide.
Li Mo carefully checked it, but finally gave up.
After all, his modern knowledge and experience in demon subjugation are not good at autopsies, and he can't do anything if it's too professional.
Seeing that Li Moyi had nothing to gain, the master of the priest became a little yin and yang.
As soon as Li Mo showed his skills, he was affirmed by Jiang Dingcheng, but it also made his face very ugly, and he naturally didn't want Li Mo to be in the limelight again.
However, Li Moyi did not mean to give up, and at this time, the governor of the court, Lord Jiang, said: "As far as I know, Liu Zhuang is an honest farmer, and it is said that he has never read a book, so why would he leave a suicide note?" Where is the suicide note, can you let me take a look? ”
As soon as Li Mo mentioned this, the master of the priest and the old servant all looked at Jiang Dingcheng, but the old lady of the mansion looked at Li Moyi and said nothing.
There are rules for pedestrians, there are both processes and rules for doing things, conformism, not seeking merit but seeking no fault, there are very few innovative moves, and no one wants to be motivated, to improve the technology of doing business.
In the eyes of the rest of the residence, the pedestrians are not so much forensic doctors as the undertakers responsible for collecting the corpses, and their work focuses on collecting the corpses, rather than examining them.
However, as soon as Li Mo passed through this small detail, he had a miraculous effect like seeing the clouds and the sun, and he had to make people look at this work differently!
Jiang Dingcheng's attitude also said it all, and the old man hurriedly filled in the autopsy form again, and finally identified the corpse.
Lu Buwei's problem was solved, and he thanked Li Moyi for his kindness, and then let the subordinates who were guarding outside the governor's mansion come in, crying and crying, and brought back the body of his wife Zhang, so that he could be buried alive.
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Li Moyi proposed to check the content of Liu Zhuang's suicide note, which is a new direction of the investigation, and it is also the few useful clues left now, which is normal according to the investigation, but he is not a tolerance after all, this kind of key evidence, whether he can be given this permission depends on Lord Jiang, the governor.
At this time, Lord Jiang stared at Li Moyi meaningfully, and the master of the priest and the old servant were also a little confused, but Li Moyi did not retreat, but looked at Lord Jiang indifferently.
Li Moyi has already inquired, the officialdom system in these years is a bit peculiar, the governor has a lot of authority, the power is great, and the people have to call the governor the governor, Li Mo is clearly a young man in his early twenties, why is he so calm?
This is something that Lord Jiang can't figure out, and it makes the Lord Commander and the old man a little unbelievable, but thinking about Li Mo's bold move of throwing the Lord Commander into the water directly, he is also a little relieved.
Could this man have a bad brain?
Lord Jiang didn't let Li Mo wait for a long time, his eyes finally looked away, and then he said to Li Moyi: "It is said that this evidence is very important, you are not a county official, and secondly, you are not a relative of the victim, so you should not have been asked to check it, but since you have the heart to find out the truth, Lord Ben will give you a chance." ”
When Li Mo heard this, his face couldn't help but be happy, and he thanked Lord Jiang: "My lord's mirror is hanging high, which is the blessing of the people of this county, and the luck of the small people." ”
Lord Jiang waved his hand: "Don't be too happy, Lord Ben is asking you now, you are neither a relative of the victim, nor a member of the county, why do you care so much about this case?" ”
Li Mo had already thought of his words, and said at this time: "I really don't dare to hide it, Xiaomin also handled a few cases in Anqiu Town next door a few days ago, and he was lucky enough to solve the case......... Yesterday, I happened to bump into this unsolved case, and I couldn't help but feel in my heart, and I wanted to find out the truth of this case, just as a good experience........."
When these words came out, both the priest and the old man suddenly realized, after all, not everyone has the courage to do this, and they can go to check the corpse, since they are the officials in Anqiu Town next door, it perfectly explains why Li Moyi is so professional and skilled.
But this time, it was Lord Jiang's turn to hesitate, he looked at Li Moyi speciously, and then said bluntly.
"What you said is decent, but Lord Ben doesn't believe it, no matter what, this official will not pursue it for the time being, come with me first, go and see the suicide note left by Liu Zhuang."
Master Jiang is a cunning old fox, and as soon as he said this, Li Moyi was a little unsure of his thoughts.
Lord Jiang did not refuse Li Moyi's proposal, and said that this was just a temporary non-investigation, and did not block Li Moyi's way, so hanging on is also a common trick.
However, Li Mo only wanted to solve the case quickly and pursue the truth, so he didn't bother to figure out these tricks.
Therefore, Li Moyi didn't know what Lord Jiang was thinking in his heart, but no matter what happened, Lord Jiang agreed to let him check the verification object, which was a good start, and Li Moyi was in good spirits again.
When I returned to the tolerance room again, the scribes were nervously greeted him, because in ordinary times, only the priests would come, and most of the work was done by the scribes and all kinds of fast-moving guards.
But today, it was Lord Jiang who came to inspect in person, and the scribes and others were naturally trembling and walked out of the tolerance room one after another.
The governor of this year is usually rotated for three years, and after the expiration of the period, a round of assessment, or promotion or downgrade, so the governor's residence is never built, after all, three years of time is limited, who will waste time and manpower and financial resources to build the official residence, and when it is repaired, his own people are gone, and it will be cheap for a long time, so the tolerance room is also a little dilapidated.
The room was old and stuffy, like a steamer, and the scribes were very hard.
It is also thanks to the wealth and silver in this county, the environment of this governor's mansion is not bad, Li Mo remembered the tolerance room in Anqiu Town, and there were not even a few decent chairs, and the conditions were even worse.
After Master Jiang got to the seat, he even asked Li Mo to take a seat, which made people a little surprised.
In these years, there is a difference between respect and inferiority, strict class, different statuses, naturally you can't sit together, a tribute student like Lu Buwei has a tribute student status, you can not bow down when you see the head of the mansion, and Li Moyi is a white body in this county, not even a grass people, where can he sit!
This grass people are not ordinary people can call themselves, such as servants and officials, they can't call themselves grass people, the so-called grass people, you need to be farmers who have land at home to be called grass people, so Li Mo is not even a grass people.
Master Jiang was originally trying to test it, but Li Mo was completely ignorant of these rules, so he sat down with a big grin!
The Lord Priest and the others were naturally dumbfounded, their hearts were full of indignation, they didn't know why this Li Moyi was so arrogant, first he threw him, the Lord Priest, into the stinky ditch, and now he didn't know how to be humble in front of Lord Jiang.
The fact that the priest was thrown into the water has become a big joke in the governor's residence.
The other officials in the house saw Li Moyi for the first time, but seeing that this son was extraordinary, calm and old-fashioned, but with Li Moyi's poor sour cloth clothes, it was really incomprehensible, thinking that this Li Moyi should be a master of the world, otherwise where would he be so majestic?
In addition, all kinds of highlight deeds of Li Mo's investigation of the case were spread through discussions, and these officials couldn't help but look at Li Mo a little more.
Master Jiang didn't say much, just glanced at Li Mo, and then didn't know what to do, so he asked a servant to take out Liu Zhuang's evidence and put it on the table.
There is not much evidence of Liu Zhuang, and the most important thing is naturally the suicide note, so Li Moyi's focus is on the suicide note.
The suicide note was written on light yellow rice paper, and the ink was relatively deep, but it was still possible to see what was written on the paper clearly.
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Li Moyi quickly read the suicide note from beginning to end.
According to what was written above, Liu Zhuang wrote down how he lured Zhang out and how he murdered, and even mentioned several details, such as tying heavy objects to Zhang's feet with ropes, and wanting to sink the body under the water but was accidentally witnessed, so he had to fish Zhang up.
If Li Moyi hadn't discovered Zhang's secret, hadn't unlocked the secrets in the sticks left by Zhang, and didn't know that Liu Zhuang had already been written into the blacklist on the sticks, I was afraid that the persuasiveness of this suicide note would be ten times stronger, and it would even be enough to finalize the case.
However, the fact is that Li Moyi has unlocked the secret of Zhang's signs, knowing that all the names of those who are written on them should be dead, and those signs are simply an impermanent list!
If, according to the suicide note, Liu Zhuang and Zhang have never known each other, he just covets Zhang's appearance and wants to lure Zhang to a secluded place to commit violence, then why did his name appear on Zhang's impermanent bamboo stick early?
Li Moyi can completely imagine that if the Zhang family does not die, he is afraid that Liu Zhuang will die earlier.
Now that Liu Zhuang has committed suicide, I don't know if it was because of the effect of bamboo sticks, or because another force harmed him and made him a scapegoat.
"My lord, as far as I know, Liu Zhuang is a farmer, he doesn't know a few big characters, this suicide note is clearly forged by others, this case is full of loopholes, it is impossible for adults not to see it, why do you have to close the case hastily?"
As soon as Li Mo said this, all the officials in the room frowned again, thinking that Li Moyi was a little clever, but in some ways, he was like a fool.
However, they didn't know Li Moyi's intentions, Li Moyi only wanted to find out about the case now, and this Lord Jiang was not a mediocre person, so naturally he could understand what he was thinking, and because of this, he chose to go straight to the point.
Sure enough, Master Jiang frowned slightly, and then replied flatly: "Who said that Liu Zhuang doesn't know how to read, although he is a grass citizen, he is literate, and he knows a lot of words, as for when he learned it, it is not clear, he is a good gambler, and he left a lot of IOUs at home. ”
"IOUs?" Li Mo unfolded the crumpled pile of papers on the table one by one, and the contents were really Liu Zhuang's handwritten IOUs, with his fingers printed on them.
This thing can be barely used to identify personal identity, but in fact, it is just a simple symbol, and it is not very reliable.
Li Mo's first thought was naturally forgery, maybe someone imitated Liu Zhuang's handwriting, or maybe someone coerced him to write this suicide note under duress.
It's easier to forge handwriting, find a famous calligrapher, and you can compare it, but if you want to prove whether Liu Zhuang was coerced to write this suicide note, it will be extremely difficult.
It's no wonder that the Governor's Mansion wants to close the case, maybe it is really as Lord Jiang said, this case has become a headless unsolved case at all.........
Although Li Moyi has a lot of modern knowledge, he is a layman for handwriting comparison and identification, and he is also unfamiliar with life at the moment, and it is even more difficult to find a calligraphy master to compare and identify, is it difficult to give up this case?
He wanted to tell Master Jiang the truth in exchange for the right to view the case file, as long as it was determined that the bamboo stick hung by the Zhang family was an impermanent blacklist, and the decrypted surname on the bamboo stick was implicated in the murder case on the corresponding date, then there would be a new idea and breakthrough in this case.
But it is about the reputation of the Zhang family, if it is mistaken, it is to smear the face of the deceased, this kind of thing that is not conclusively certain, Li Mo doesn't care, Lord Jiang, as the local governor, will not agree.
The case has progressed to this point, and it seems that every clue can be found to be really similar, but every clue is found in the end, or it can't be continued, or it can't be found, seeing that the truth and himself seem to be only separated by a veil, but they can't reveal anything, this feeling really makes Li Moyi very aggrieved.
But Li Moyi knows very well that no matter how difficult the case is, it will not be difficult for him, and there is still a way to solve the chess game, not to mention this small unsolved case!!
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Master Jiang had a posture of closing his eyes and recuperating, Li Moyi knew that he was waiting, waiting for him Li Moyi to make a choice, whether to give up the case or continue to investigate.
The first few cases didn't turn a few times, and they were solved by Li Moyi, and now there is finally a case that can be with him for a while, which is also a rare thing in the world.........
This unsolved case is more confusing than the previous cases, but it also makes Li Moyi want to find out the truth even more!
He struggled to recall what he knew of contemporary methods.........
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After a while, Li Moyi finally remembered that he had watched a program before, which was to introduce the handwriting identification in criminal investigation techniques.
After organizing the language, Li Moyi finally spoke, "My lord, there is an ancient saying that words are like people, presumably adults should be no strangers, Xiaomin has seen Liu Zhuang, others are loyal and introverted, not good at rhetoric, according to common sense, the words should be restrained and restrained, but the words on this suicide note and IOU are tall and flamboyant, angry and grand, more like the words of a martial artist in the rivers and lakes........."
"Have you ever sent someone to check the details of this Liu Zhuang? I'm afraid that this person is not as simple as it seems, and the handwriting comparison and identification is not a skill on the surface, and it is necessary to pay attention to its content........."
As he spoke, Li Mo picked up one of the IOUs and pointed to the words on it, "Have you noticed that these IOUs are tens or hundreds of taels at every turn, just ask a farmer who farms for a living, how dare he let go of such a big hand to gamble?" ”
As soon as Li Mo opened his mouth like this, Master Jiang's eyes couldn't help but light up, and he leaned forward slightly and said, "Have you read "Character Spectrum"? ”
When Li Mo heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, presumably the method of distinguishing words and reading people was recorded in that book, and he ran into it by mistake, but he didn't expect this Lord Jiang to be able to tell the origin of this method.
This time it was Li Moyi's turn to be a little embarrassed, because he only vaguely knew this method, understood the general meaning, where did he know what the "Character Spectrum" was, and now he could only say a few words in a fool's way, and said to Master Jiang.
"My lord, what Xiaomin means is that Liu Zhuang's suicide note is obviously different, if you can continue to investigate, maybe you can find a new breakthrough.........
Li Moyi also knew that according to the regulations for handling the case in these years, this suicide note alone was enough to cover the coffin and settle the case, so if he wanted to overturn the case, he could only think of proving that the suicide note was forged by others.
Master Jiang saw that Li Mo pulled back the case again, waved his hand at him and said.
"You have also seen that this is the situation, it is not easy to find out, this handwriting comparison is a method, but there is no conclusion on the table, whether this handwriting is forged or not, who has the final say? I say it's fake, it's fake? Or do you have what it takes? ”
Master Jiang is also honest enough, which shows that he is not uninterested in this case, but he is suffering from the lack of obvious evidence.
Li Moyi was also suddenly, it turned out that although there was a method of handwriting comparison in these years, there was no specific implementation standard, that is, without the ability of judicial appraisal, who was the authority, who could determine that the suicide note was forged, and whose words were the most credible?
This pokes at Li Moyi's difficulty, he is not familiar with life, how can he find such a handwriting identification expert?
Master Jiang saw that Li Mo was in trouble, so he just snorted noncommittally, and said to Li Moyi: "In this way, as long as you can prove that this suicide note is forged, or that Liu Zhuang was coerced, and this suicide note is not out of his original intention, then this official will retry this case, if you can't do it, this case can only end here, and you don't want to be entangled indiscriminately in the future." ”
"It's just an adult......... Xiaomin has left his hometown and is not familiar with life......... Can you guide me through the maze? Li Moyi still wanted to ask one or two, but Master Jiang waved his hand and ordered the guards outside the door.
"Someone is coming, send this person out of the governor's mansion!"
As soon as Master Jiang said this, the guards who were already impatient walked in quickly, and sent Li Moyi out with him, without giving Li Moyi a chance to speak again.
When they arrived at the door of the governor's mansion, the guards pushed Li Mo one by one, and then turned back.
Li Moyi was also a little helpless.
Now that Lu Buwei has led the corpse of the Zhang family back, he must be busy with the funeral at home, and it is not easy for him to return to the Lu family, so after thinking about it, he still returned to Anqiu Town first.
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……… Li Mo bought some bone-setting medicine powder halfway, and originally wanted to treat the lonely prodigal Ah Tie'er's injuries, but he didn't expect that these children, who were as tenacious as mountain foxes and wild mice, had already collected some fresh herbs and dressed Ah Tie'er's wounds.
Seeing Li Mo coming, those children began to laugh and laugh for a while, and Li Mo's dull mood was also soothed.
Lu Buwei begged him to be a guest of the Lu Mansion, helped the Lu family investigate the case, and also gave him some silver, and when he was idle, Li Mo sent the little fat man out to buy some hard dishes such as sauce duck elbow, and ate a hard meal with these children.
These children are understanding people, they did not accept Lu Gongsheng's alms, but they were never soft on Li Moyi, the wronged man, for them, no matter how much gold and silver they had, it was not as good as such a large meal of meat, and their good impression of Li Moyi naturally multiplied.
Li Moyi took the opportunity to talk about his difficulties and asked these children to help the staff officers, after all, they are mountain fox and wild mice around Anqiu Town, and they know the customs and customs of the places around Anqiu Town the best, in case they find someone who can identify the handwriting, it is not accurate.
However, Li Moyi was disappointed in the end.
Because these children are only interested in the hidden road of the left door, and the glazing profession of handwriting identification is only a character only in rich and noble places, and these children cannot be contacted at all on weekdays.
Since the road of handwriting identification is impossible, Li Moyi can only turn the direction of the investigation to Zhang's side.
Zhang's is a person who stays at home, at least on the surface, and Lu Buwei and the girl in the room have also proved this.
If Zhang were not a psychologically distorted maniac, he would never have deliberately hung up the sign with the victim's surname hidden.
These are the twisted psychology of serial killers, a kind of show-off of the spoils of war, and can get psychological satisfaction, only such a person would do such a thing.
Therefore, Li Moyi believes that these signs are not hung up after the fact, but hung up in advance to inform someone!
That is to say, Zhang selects the target, and then hides the target clues in the signature of the sign, and someone decrypts it through the signature on the sign, and then stabs it, if this is the case, Zhang and someone are likely to commit the crime in a gang.
It's just that......... What is the motive of this gang?
Through Zhang's fear, it will be difficult to investigate anything, and only by investigating the background of those victims can there be a new way.
And what is going on with the Zhang family and the gang behind it is very likely to have something to do with her own murder.
This is Li Moyi's current general investigation idea, and now Liu Zhuang's suicide note can't go through, so he can only investigate the background of the victim on the bamboo stick.
There is also a relatively vague clue here, which is enough to show that there is a large gang of organizations behind the Zhang family, that is, in Zhang's bamboo sticks, only the surname is written but not the name.
In other words, the Zhang family and the gang behind it actually have a big list, so she only needs to write down her surname, and the gang can confirm which one the target is!
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After thinking about it, Li Mo felt that the matter of investigating the victim's background would ultimately fall on these children who listened to all directions.
Although the children don't know much about the things of the rich and noble, and they can't find a reliable person to authenticate the handwriting, it is possible to say that they can help Li Moyi infiltrate the mansion of Lord Jiang and peek at a few case files.
After Li Moyi said his thoughts, he thought that these children would be afraid, after all, it was Lord Jiang's mansion, and they were all thieves with a criminal record, sneaking in to check the case file, it was like a rabbit entering a wolf's den.
However, Li Moyi also knows very well that these children have never had a good impression of the public, they are the most lonely age, and such things are in their hands.
Sure enough, they all nodded in unison, and even Ah Tie'er, the leader, did not hesitate too much, and agreed to Li Moyi's request, and the children scattered everywhere early to prepare for tonight's infiltration.
This county is a rich place, dragons and snakes are mixed, all kinds of people come and go, maintaining law and order requires a lot of manpower, and bandits and bandits often rob the road to rob money, so the guards in this county are also relatively vigilant, and the governor's residence is even more heavily guarded.
At least this was Li Moyi's original idea, but when he followed the little fat man, A Tie'er and others from the backyard of the governor's mansion over the wall to enter, he had another understanding.
The governor's mansion is a closed complex, and there is no thief in Pingsuri who dares to steal to the governor's mansion, but the little fat man and others are like wild mice, as long as they can do it, there is nothing that cannot be done.
The guards have long since dispersed and returned to the residence to rest, and some have bought accommodation outside, and usually sneak out at night to spend the night, after all, the governor's residence is not a temple, and the guards and guards can't keep the hardship.
Li Mo came once during the day, and he was also familiar with the layout of the tolerance room, and soon took the lead to the outside of the tolerance room.
Ah Tie'er and the others were not interested in the case file, and after helping Li Mo pry the bolt of the door, they scattered around to give Li Mo a look.
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Li Moyi smoothly entered the tolerance room.
I closed the windows with my hands, then lit the lamp and candle, and walked into the file room.
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The file room is not large, and there is a musty smell of dampness in it, which can't help but make people's noses itch.
Li Moyi took out a blank piece of paper from his arms, which was more than ten words written when he decrypted the signature with the girl in the room, which recorded the surname of the suspected victim and the date of the signature.
The specific details in the tolerance room are all done by the scribes and the clerks, and the management of the archives by the clerks in the tolerance room seems to be very good.
Li Mo pressed the number and looked for the case according to the date, and in about a quarter of an hour, he really found three or four cases!
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The victims in these cases have the same surname as the ones on the signatures, and the nature of the cases is also very bad, either missing or dead, and the piles are all unsolved headless cases......
It can be seen that Zhang is by no means an ordinary woman, and she may have a major inside story behind her.
Li Moyi put these case files on the table, and was about to study them carefully, when a crow's cry came from outside the door, which was Ah Tie'er's code, indicating that someone was coming!
Time was pressing, and it was too late for him to clean up these case files, so he could only put them together and put them under the table.
When he blew out the lamp and wanted to leave, Ah Tie'er came to the secret of a rapid crow again, as soon as Li Mo came to the back of the door, he looked out through the crack in the door, several people were carrying lanterns, and they had come to the front of the tolerance room, and he couldn't leave.........
Li Mo secretly screamed in his heart, so he had to hide first.
The tolerance room is not big, and the file room at the back is full of bookshelves, there is really nowhere to hide, fortunately, there is a small bamboo couch in the tolerance room, which is used for the priest to take a nap, and Li Moyi happened to hide under the bamboo couch.
This tolerance room was already as hot as a steaming drawer, and Li Moyi searched for half an hour in the sea of books, and at this time he was already drenched in sweat, and he was also sweating when he hid under the bamboo collapse.
This has just been hidden, the door has been pushed open, and Li Mo can only see a pair of dark delicate cloth shoes, judging from his steps, he should be an old man.
"Go out, it's hot inside, I'll be alone."
The old man's voice was a little sharp, but it didn't give people a sense of treacherousness, but was a little gentle and elegant, and it sounded very close.
"Yes."
The answerer was a woman's voice, which sounded a little rough, and as soon as Li Mo raised his head slightly, he saw a pair of martial artist yellow leather fast shoes, which should be a steady female guard.
Li Mo couldn't help but be a little puzzled, in the middle of the night, the guards and guards had already dispersed, who was this old man?
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Right now, the old man is in the tolerance room, and his personal guard is guarding the door, Li Moyi can only temporarily suffocate under the bed, which is also tormented.
As soon as Li Mo heard some noise above, it seemed that the old man had put some books and other things on the bamboo bed, and the bamboo bed bent down, and it was almost attached to Li Moyi's back, which showed that the weight of the things was not light.
The candlelight turned from bright to dark, and the old man should have picked up the candlestick and walked into the depths of the file room.........
"Could it be that this old man is also here to investigate the case??"
Li Moyi couldn't help but be shocked, there was no chance to sneak out now, and there was no point in getting out, so Li Moyi honestly shrank under the bamboo.
It wasn't long before the old man walked out of the depths of the file room, pushed the door and said to the guards outside.
"Go and ask, some of the case files are not here, did he let them take them."
"Yes."
As soon as Li Mo heard this conversation, his heart couldn't help but tighten, could it be that the case file that this old man wanted to find was the one he had just stuffed under the table?!! He also tracked down Zhang's behind-the-scenes team?!!
Li Mo was muttering up and down in his heart, when the female guard outside walked in again, and said to the old man: "My lord, it's cold at night, let's drink ginger tea to ward off the cold first." ”
"Well, thank you for your hard work, in fact, you don't have to come with you, Qian is no longer on an errand, he has no power or power, your father is also a big hero, since Qian Mou promised your Zhang family, he will naturally investigate the case........."
"Sure enough, I'm here to investigate Zhang's case!" When Li Mo heard this, his heart couldn't help but be shocked.
The female guard said at this time: "What did the lord say, if you hadn't found out the case back then, Renyin would have died unjustly in prison a long time ago, and it is my blessing to be able to protect you left and right......... Senior sister, she suffered this misfortune, the master is sad and indignant, and now the tea and rice are not served, and the adult can promise to investigate and find out this case, which is a great kindness........."
When Li Mo heard this, he couldn't help but try to search for his memory, but he really couldn't remember that there was a protagonist with the surname Qian in "Liao Zhai".
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