The teahouse has its own private room, Zheng Lingyi sat behind the screen and did not speak, only listening to the two people talking on the side.

Lu Zhu knew her preferences, so she first asked for a bowl of pine nut tea soup, and said: "The slave maid looks at Shuojing's sesame cake is not very similar to the sesame cake in Beijing, it seems to be crisp and hard, do you want to taste it?" ”

The figure on the screen bowed slightly, and Kou Juechen felt strange in his heart, "This sister of the Chen family is really broad-hearted, and she eats and drinks elegantly, isn't it......

He was so engrossed that he could smell the sound of a tea bowl tapping, only to see Chen Zhi looking at him with some impatience. This future brother-in-law is not very old, but his temper is not small, although his words and deeds are decent, but his eyes are full of vigilance and vigilance, and even faintly dissatisfied.

Kou Juechen suddenly remembered his own maternal uncle, although his uncle was just a scholar in cloth, but when facing his father, a big official, he always looked like this, and this kind of dissatisfaction hidden in his eyes still looked really familiar.

Kou Juechen smiled helplessly and said: "The people from Dali Temple are so vast, I'm afraid it's also urging from above." Although this matter started from the uncle's family affairs, I can't write two words in one stroke, and my father's son is surrounded by tigers and wolves, and I can't break it. ”

"Those who are clear are self-purifying." Chen Shu would not say anything to Kou Juechen before he figured out the truth, and only said four words briefly.

Kou Juechen nodded and said, "This is true. ”

He paused again, as if brewing, and when Zheng Lingyi's sesame cakes were on the table, Kou Juechen spoke: "The suspect involved in this case is my cousin Kou Zhu, who said that he is a cousin, but he is actually my own brother, my aunt gave birth to daughters, and my uncle didn't want to take a concubine, so he hugged my eldest brother on his knees." Last year, he was going to get married, my cousin-in-law who has not yet passed the door is from the Shuoyang Chai family, and the ancestors of our Kou family are also from Shuoyang, which is considered a small engagement. The Chai family has been in business for generations, and they have a lot of money, and they are afraid that they will be coveted by thieves. The cousin had already taken this into account, although Shuoyang was not far from Shuojing, but the family sending team had to pass through a mountain road, and he thought that even if there were bandits, they would only watch here, so he borrowed soldiers from his father and waited early. Unexpectedly, the bandit did the opposite, drugged the wedding team in the town in front of him, and swept away the dowry of the Chai family. ”

After learning the news, it was Kou Juechen and his cousin who went to inspect it together, and the loss of property was not mentioned, but the tragic situation of the Chai family's sister who committed suicide by hanging herself from a beam is still as clear as yesterday in Kou Juechen's mind.

Kou Juechen didn't mention what happened to the Chai family's sister, but because he didn't mention it, everyone who listened understood.

Zheng Ling shuddered uncontrollably, and the tea soup and sesame cake in front of her that had been eating and drinking were also tasteless, she didn't touch it again, she only listened intently to Kou Juechen's words.

"Have you caught the bandits?" Chen asked, and Kou Juechen shook his head with a solemn face.

"So, this is an old thing, and what does it have to do with this case?" Chen said.

Chen Shu already knew a rough idea of the case, it was a maid of the Kou family, saying that she was raped and killed by Kou Zhu, this maid did not sign a deed of sale, but only did some short-term work in the Kou family, but was a good citizen, that day happened to be the Kou family's banquet, Kou Zhu was covered in blood and was bumped into by dozens of people, and he couldn't hide it.

"That maid is not a servant of our Kou family at all, I don't know when she stole the beam and changed the pillar and hid in, and later after a closer inspection, I found out that she was actually the confidant Yanluo who disappeared on the day of the wedding of the sister of the Chai family! It's so weird, not to mention that the Chai family is puzzled, even I find it incomprehensible. ”

Kou Juechen said that he was excited, slammed the table with his fists, and said: "Because this woman suddenly appeared and died mysteriously in the Kou family, there are even people in the Chai family who have red mouths and white teeth, saying that the robbery of the Chai family's dowry was caused by the collusion between my cousin and Yan Luo. Before the matter was clarified, this kind of baseless rumors flew all over the sky, and now as soon as the people of Dali Temple arrived, this statement became even louder. ”

"Your Kou family is also angry, even if you don't like the people from Dali Temple, but after all, your father is Shuojing Taishou, how can you leave the people of Dali Temple in the inn and deliberately snub it here?"

Behind the screen, the woman's elegant voice sounded softly, Kou Juechen frowned, and said, "What? Didn't he arrange it? This, this matter of welcoming Gong Temple, my father has ordered it. ”

Zheng Lingyi didn't speak again, but Chen asked, "Who is Zhiyu?" ”

"Oh, Zhiyu is my third uncle's youngest son, in fact, he is also my biological brother, but my third uncle and third aunt went early, and the third room can't be broken, so there is also an heir. I used to live in Shuoyang, and it took me two years to bring him over. ”

Speaking of which, the heirs of the three rooms of the Kou family are all the biological blood of Kou Taishou.

Kou Juechen looks good, his demeanor is also down-to-earth and generous, he speaks clearly, and his thinking is clear, but he was suddenly stabbed by Zheng Lingyi and didn't see the slightest displeasure.

"It's really strange to hear you say that. The two cases are mixed together, no wonder the imperial court wants to send people from Dali Temple to investigate. ”

Kou Juechen said most of the time, and then he had the heart to drink a cup of tea, the tea was already cold, he didn't care, and drank it all, only to feel that the hot air in his chest that had become intense because of the story of the case calmed down a little.

"Yes, indeed. My father's temperament is very upright, the day Yan Luo died, he took my cousin, summoned the elders of the clan, and Master Chai, and everyone pressed him every sentence, but my cousin always shouted injustice, and even asked for family law. In the end, even Master Chai believed him a little, but at this time, I found a flower bottle in my cousin's room, which was recognized by the Chai family as an object in the dowry, and the Chai family was furious. ”

"So coincidentally?" If Chen Zhu only believed Kou Juechen's words for three points, then what he said at this time made him believe more.

Such ironclad evidence is so strange.

Chen Gongzi also thought it was strange. After the tragedy of the Chai family, my father asked both black and white to pay attention, but whenever there was an outflow of items on the dowry list, he would report it immediately, but the dowry list described it was a rough idea, and it was difficult to identify the real thing, there was no news for a year, but the things in the dowry suddenly appeared in my cousin's room, and I followed the clues of the flower bottle to check, but it was a broken thread. ”

Kou Juechen said, and glanced at the figure on the screen again, Chen was afraid that he would be more troublesome if he misunderstood again, so he said: "Don't look at it, this lady is the wife of Wu Sizheng of Dali Temple, and she is also a friend of my sister-in-law." My sister has not yet left the cabinet, so it is inconvenient to go out, and Mrs. Wu came with her husband, also because she cares about my sister. ”

After hearing this, Kou Juechen explained the doubts in his heart, and said to Zheng Lingyi: "It turned out to be Mrs. Wu, it's really offended." ”

"Wu Sizheng of Dali Temple is also my best friend since childhood, he has a very bright brain, if your Kou family is wronged, he will be able to catch clues. I also hope that your family will be innocent, so that the elders of the family will not be anxious. ”

Now that the words have been spoken, Chen Zhi simply said it clearly.

Kou Juechen also has a younger sister himself, if his future brother-in-law's family is involved in such a murder case involving money, he will definitely have to find out, although he is a little unhappy, but Kou Juechen can still understand.

"I understand." Seeing that Kou Juechen's appearance was quite sincere, Chen Zhu didn't say anything, only nodded.

"As soon as we enter the city, you will know, and your ears and eyes will be in all directions." Both of them began to eat and drink, and Chen Zhu suddenly said.

"The head snake must have some ability, otherwise my father would have been unable to sit firmly in this position." Kou Juechen smiled and coped with it.

Kou Taishou is based on martial arts, and the second room of the Kou family is easy to fiddle with weapons from top to bottom, and he is often criticized for his lack of literary and scholarly atmosphere.

This time, Kou Taishou attaches great importance to being able to marry the Chen family, so as soon as Chen arrived with his front foot, Kou Juechen's back foot was kicked by his Lao Tzu, and threatened, "If there is any mistake in this marriage, he Kou Juechen will not have to come back." ’

When Kou Juechen was leaving, he asked Wu Zhu in detail, saying that he would cooperate with Wu Zhu to investigate the case, and I don't know if it was because of this, but after Gong Sicheng and his party came back in the evening, Wu Zhi had no trace.

When Lu Zhu went downstairs to find some food, he overheard a few commentators gossiping in the lobby, and it was Wu Punishment. Wu Zhi seemed to disagree with Gong Sicheng, so he was left in the Kou family by Gong Sicheng to continue the investigation.

After relaying the words of those people chewing the root of their tongues, Lu Zhu comforted again: "Don't worry, madam, aren't you angry with Gongzi Kou today?" Uncle shouldn't be troubled. ”

"That being said, it's easy for the people down there to stumble him without a trace." The Kou family is not only Kou Juechen, even if he is protected, what if others are not happy? Wu Zhu is now investigating the case in the Kou family again, which can be described as weak.

It wasn't until the end of the day that Wu came back with a gust of night wind. Zheng Lingyi's eyelids were heavy, and a fluffy and unkempt head poked out of the curtain, waiting for him with empty squints.

Wu punished in her soft. The top of the soft hair touched a handful, and it was cold and hard in the Kou family. After a whole day, his voice became gentle, and he said, "If you are sleepy, go to sleep." I'm a big man, can I still make the Kou family eat and flake alive? ”

"Why did they leave you alone in the Kou family?" Zheng Lingyi sat up wrapped in a thin quilt and said.

"Don't mention it, Gong Sicheng is my boss, and there is always a justifiable statement." Wu Zhi didn't want to waste his words on people who didn't care, so he only said briefly.

Zheng Lingyi told Wu Zhu what Kou Juechen said in the afternoon, and Wu Zhu frowned slightly after hearing this, and said, "It is indeed strange everywhere. The word basket is a scissor plug. After entering the chest and dying, I asked Wen Po, who examined her, to draw the shape of the wound on her chest, and found that the wound was straight, which showed that the person holding the murder weapon should be similar to Yan Luo's figure. It can be said that he is short in stature, and Kou Zhu is as tall as Kou Juechen, if he moves his hand, the wound will never be like this. ”